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Do the Numbers on Malpractice Cases Justify the Cry for Tort Reform? Florida Malpractice Attorney

What: medical malpractice claims | wrongful death claims
Who: seriously injured | death of a child } death of a parent

There is much public debate about medical malpractice reform, tort reform, ending frivolous lawsuits and placing caps on damage awards in malpractice and wrongful death claims. I wonder how much of the positions people are taking on this subject is based on emotion rather than actual facts. It's always struck me as unfair that a cap arbitrarily limits damages for those who have been most seriously injured or killed - the death of a child, the death of a young parent who has surviving children, or a person who is left with a catastrophic injury they will live with for decades.

In a blog, a reporter for the Austin American Statesman states, "The number of medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians in 2009 was the lowest since .....1990." "In addition "the cumulative values of malpractice payments in 2009 was the lowest since 1999...if adjusted for inflation, payments were...either the lowest or the second lowest on record."

Given these facts, the public outcry for further malpractice reform seems to be a distraction from legitimate healthcare debate.

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