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Professional Liability Of Lawyers In Pennsylvania, H. Reginald Belden, H. Reginald Belden Jr., Marcia Belden Lappas

Duquesne Law Review

In the past decade, the bar, and especially the trial bar, has become keenly aware of the problems relating to the professional liability of medical doctors, osteopaths, and other practitioners of the healing arts. The number of medical malpractice suits, particularly against surgeons, has multiplied during that period of time. The verdicts in medical malpractice actions and the settlements arising out of such actions have been headlined in the newspapers in various parts of the country. While the law of medical malpractice has been developing into something of a specialty among some members of the trial bar, and while the …