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Balancing Interests: Statute Of Limitations And Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases, Laurie L. Paterson
Balancing Interests: Statute Of Limitations And Repose In Medical Malpractice Cases, Laurie L. Paterson
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In the 1970s a crisis occurred in the medical malpractice insurance industry. As tort law began to favor plaintiffs, the number and severity of medical malpractice claims increased. Insurance companies inundated with a deluge of claims correspondingly increased their premiums or pulled out of the malpractice insurance industry all together. Some physicians were unable to obtain medical malpractice insurance and others were faced with as much as a 300% rise in insurance premiums. As a result, the medical profession urged states to enact medical malpractice tort reform. Some states’ tort reform included legislation such as award caps, collateral source offset, …