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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Malpractice Trials In North Carolina And Virginia, 2000-2010i, Ralph Peeples, Catherine Harris
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Malpractice Trials In North Carolina And Virginia, 2000-2010i, Ralph Peeples, Catherine Harris
Ralph Peeples
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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Mal;Practice Trials In Virginia And North Carolina, Ralph Peeples
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Mal;Practice Trials In Virginia And North Carolina, Ralph Peeples
Ralph Peeples
This paper examines ten years (2000-2010) of medical malpractice trials conducted in Virginia and North Carolina. The primary source of our data are closed insurance records made available by an insurance company that provides malpractice coverage for physicians in both states. We are thus able to report on these trials in detail. We identify a number of the attributes of these trials, including demographic data, injury severity, outcomes at trial, physician specialty, medical allegations and insurer assessment of the cases. Plaintiffs were consistently more successful at trial in Virginia than in North Carolina. We discuss possible explanations for this difference, …
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Malpractice Trials In Virginia And North Carolina, Ralph Peeples, Catherine Harris
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: A Comparison Of Medical Malpractice Trials In Virginia And North Carolina, Ralph Peeples, Catherine Harris
Ralph Peeples
This paper examines ten years (2001-2010) of medical malpractice trials conducted in Virginia and North Carolina. Tort law is quite similar in these two states, except that Virginia law imposes a "hard cap" on damages in medical malpractice cases. North Carolina does not. The primary source of our data are closed insurance records made available by an insurance company that provides malpractice coverage for physicians in both states. We are thus able to report on a number of attributes of these trials, including demographic data, injury severity, outcome at trial, physician specialty, medical allegations, and insurer assessment of the cases.Much …