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"Shortage
of surgeons pinches U.S." - USA Today, Feb. 26,
2008
"Arbitration
a Growing Trend in Health Care" - Phila.
Inquirer, Feb. 10, 2008
"Suit
alleges doctor altered record" - Times Leader,
Jan. 25, 2008
"Medicaid
will not cover errors in Pa." - Phila.
Inquirer, Jan. 23, 2008
"Lacking
lawyers, justice is denied" - LA Times, Dec.
29, 2007
"Numbers
disputed in Mcare argument" - the Patriot-News,
Dec. 21, 2007
"Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions"
- Washington Post, Dec. 4, 2007
"Half
of doctors mum about medical mistakes" -
Reuters via MSNBC, Dec. 3, 2007
"Suckers Wanted: How Car Dealers and Other Businesses are Taking Away Your Right
to Sue" - Mother Jones, Nov. 26, 2007
"Baby, I Lied: Rural Texas is still waiting for the doctors tort reform was supposed to deliver." - Texas Observer, October 19, 2007
"Rendell:
Medical malpractice crisis is over" - Oct. 25,
2007 | Governor's
news release
CJA
Applauds Medicare Rule Change - Aug. 3, 2007
"Drug makers, med school ties common"
- MSNBC, Oct. 16, 2007
"Reports
of medication injuries have doubled" - Reuters
/ MSNBC - Sept. 10, 2007
"Medicare
Says It Won’t Cover Hospital Errors"
- The NY Times, Aug. 19, 2007
"Birth
of phony 'crisis'" - The Times-Tribune, Aug.
13, 2007
"Report
details surgical errors: In Pa., 175 mistakes in 30
months" - Phila. Inquirer, June 27, 2007
"There's
No Profit for Most in Limiting Lawsuits" - The
Patriot-News, June 19, 2007
"Hospital's waiver concerns lawyers"
- Times Leader, Feb. 26, 2007
"State
touts improving conditions for doctors" - The
Patriot-News, Nov. 2, 2006
"Refusal
to seal malpractice suit praised" - The Times
Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 8, 2006
Prescription Errors Kill, Injure Americans, Report Says - Washington Post, July 20, 2006
"Georgia
Malpractice Reforms Miss Mark" - Associated
Press, June 16, 2006
"Doctor
says hospital should have saved his wife" - Tacoma News Tribune, May 30, 2006
"'Frivolous'
malpractice lawsuits uncommon: study"
- Reuters, May 10, 2006
"Study Counters Doctors' Claims That Malpractice Insurance Is Rising"
- HealthDay News, May 9, 2006
"Medical
lawsuit caps shutting some out of courthouse" -
Austin American Statesman, March 26, 2006
"Rendell
vetoes bill limiting civil liability"
- Associated Press, March 25, 2006
"Widower irate that doctors go unpunished; Misdiagnosis led to $5.4M award at trial"
- Scranton Times-Tribune, Jan. 24, 2006
"Some lawmakers who backed malpractice reform now wonder if it went too far"
- Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Feb. 6, 2006
"Signs
of 'crisis' fading" - Jan. 2, 2006,
Philadelphia Inquirer
BALTIMORE
SUN SERIES
Part 1 - Disregarding
the symptoms - Dec. 18, 2005
Part 2 - Doctor
profiles veiled in secrecy - Dec. 19, 2005
Part 3 - When
lawsuits leave out doctors - Dec. 20, 2005
"Lawsuit Abuse Critic Explains Suit; Senator's Wife Sued a Chiropractor for $500,000"
- ABC News, Nov. 10, 2005
"Wash.
doctors concede defeat on malpractice caps" -
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Nov. 9, 2005
"I-330:
Not just no, but hell no"
- Seattle Post Intelligencer opposes caps, Oct. 31, 2005
"Study
Finds Failure to File Malpractice Data" - NY
Times, Oct. 19, 2005
"Top
med-mal insurer to keep rates flat" -
Associated Press, Sept. 27, 2005
"Medical
malpractice costs down in PA" - Pittsburgh
Business Times, Aug. 29, 2005
"Coverage of Big Awards for Plaintiffs Helps Distort View of Legal System"
- LA Times, Aug. 15, 2005
"Bill
falls short on exposing errors" - The Scranton
Times-Tribune, Aug. 8, 2005
"Make
it mandatory to make us safer" - Philadelphia
Inquirer, Aug. 3, 2005
"This
bill is no cure" - Paper calls caps
"snake-oil remedy" - Philadelphia Inquirer,
July 22, 2005
"CMC
to pay $600G in death of 92-year-old woman" -
The Times-Tribune, July 15, 2005
"Don't
blame lawsuits for rising health costs"- MSNBC,
July 12, 2005
"Study
says malpractice payouts aren't rising" NY
Times, July 7, 2005
"State
investigating inflated malpractice insurance
premiums" - WFSB Eyewitness News, New Haven,
Conn., June 9, 2005
"Study:
U.S. malpractice rates not due to jury awards"
- Reuters, June 1, 2005
"Malpractice
Payouts Have Not Soared, Report Says" - LA
Times, June 1, 2005
"Illinois
Malpractice: Doctors, lawyers and myths" - St.
Louis Post Dispatch, May 18, 2005
"Awards
caps unconstitutional, lawyer says" - The Times
Leader, May 17, 2005,
"Report: No Link Between
Insurance Rates and Malpractice Lawsuits" -
Public Citizen, April 19, 2005
"Medical
lawsuits dropping" - The (Scranton) Tribune,
April 14, 2005
"Med-mal
claims stable since '90, study finds" - Orlando
Business Journal, April 4, 2005
"Hospitals
engaging in unethical advertising?" - MSNBC,
March 28, 2005
"Gerry
Spence: Americans Being Lied To About Lawsuit
Crisis" - March 16, 2005
"Malpractice
costs aren't a real crisis" - Tallahassee
Democrat, March 17, 2005
"Malpractice
Situation Not Dire, Study Finds" - Washington
Post, March 10, 2005 Full
Report
"False
Diagnosis" - NY Times, March 10, 2005
"Medical
miscalculation creates doctor shortage" -
USAToday shows doctor shortage unrelated to lawsuits,
March 3, 2005
"Bush's
Next Target: Malpractice Lawyers" - NY Times,
Feb. 27, 2005
"Behind
Those Medical Malpractice Rates" - NY Times
find lawsuits not driving up insurance rates, Feb. 22,
2005
"Judge
blasts defendant in mistrial" - The Scranton
Times, Feb. 7, 2005
"Letter
from Doc's Wife Prompts Mistrial" - The
Tribune, Jan. 20, 2005
"State
Cap on Damages Appeals to President" - The
reality of the Calif. cap. LA Times, Feb. 2, 2005
"Man
pronounced 'dead' found breathing" - Associated
Press, Jan. 27, 2005
"Medical
errors kill 20 patients in Minn. hospitals" -
Associated Press, Jan. 20, 2005
"Woman
alleges surgeon left instrument in her uterus"
- Associated Press, Jan. 19, 2005
"Study
proves current work hours for interns are unsafe"
- American Medical Student Association, Jan. 17, 2005
"Cap
won't solve insurance woes" - Editorial, The
Citizens' Voice, Jan. 16, 2005
"Tort
reform: Instead reduce medical errors" - The
Des Moines Register, Jan. 16, 2005
"Poll:
Award caps not a priority" - The Tribune, Jan.
11, 2005
"No
Need for Federal Controls on Malpractice Awards"
- Tampa Tribune, Jan. 10, 2005
"Eliminate
the Problem" - Winston-Salem Journal, Jan. 10,
2005
"Malpractice
Mythology" - NY Times Editorial, Jan. 9, 2005
"The
Hype Over 'Tort Reform' Over Reality" -
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial, Jan. 10, 2005
"A
Cure for Malpractice" - Boston Globe Editorial,
Jan. 10, 2005
"Misdirection
on Malpractice" - LA Times Editorial, Jan. 10,
2005
"Liability
reform: Find solutions, not scapegoats" - The
Citizens' Voice, Jan. 9, 2005
"So much
for facts on tort reform" - Roanoke Times, Jan. 9, 2005
"Award
caps not solution to tort reform problem" - Macon Telegraph, Jan.
9, 2005
"Double
Standard" - Akron Beacon Journal Editorial, Jan. 9, 2005
Some
question 'crisis' Bush aims to fix" - Chicago
Sun Times, Jan. 5, 2005
"Notorious
doctor's career could be over soon" - Houston
Chronicle, Dec. 27, 2004
"Bill
would shield some drug firms from punitive damages"
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 27, 2004
"Debate
on Malpractice Looms for Senate" - NY Times,
Dec. 20, 2004
"Judge
lifts veil of secrecy on malpractice case"- The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Sept. 30,
2004 | Related Editorial -
"Nealon makes right call on
Mcare settlements," The Scranton Times, Oct. 2,
2004
"Bid
to limit awards on medical suits dies" - The Patriot-News,
Harrisburg, Pa., July 3, 2004
Toomey's
far out claim
- In a recent debate with U.S.
Sen. Arlen Specter, GOP challenger Pat Toomey claimed
his parents might have to leave the state because of
the malpractice "crisis." Only
problem is, his parents live in Rhode Island!
"The
Doctor Is In"
- The Sunday Times of Scranton
says doctors haven't left NEPA, as threatened, because of
"crisis."
"Senate
approves malpractice caps" - In a late-night
vote, Pa. Senate approves legislation allowing for caps
in malpractice cases. March 11, 2004. Read
CJA's Statement
"Group
claims
there's no medical malpractice crisis in state"
- Citizens' Voice, Sept. 10, 2003
"Report
Rebuts Doctors" - Times Leader, Sept. 10,
2003
"Coalition
wants insurance probe in malpractice crisis"
- May 17, 2003
"Malpractice
Hearing's Format Rapped" - Times Leader,
March 24, 2003
CJA Op-Ed
"Accountability
Vital" - The Times-Tribune, Dec. 13, 2008
CJA Op-Ed
"Honor
the Constitution With Your Vote" - The
Citizen's Voice, Sept. 17, 2008 (Constitution Day)
CJA Op-Ed
"Never
means never under new policy" - The
Times-Tribune, Oct. 6, 2008
CJA Op-Ed "Top
10 Tips to Get Out of the Hospital Alive" - The
Citizens' Voice, July 25, 2008
CJA Op-Ed "Lawyers not at fault for health care ills"
- Times Leader, June 9, 2008
CJA Op-Ed
"Reporting medical mistakes helps prevent lawsuits"
- The Citizen's Voice, June 12, 2008
CJA Op-Ed
"State’s ability to protect residents short-circuited
by fed bureaucrats" - The Sunday Times-Tribune,
May 18, 2008
CJA Op-Ed
"Safety,
accountability best medicine" - The Sunday
Times-Tribune, Jan. 28, 2008
CJA Op-Ed
"Courageous
Protests" - The Times-Tribune, Nov. 16, 2007
CJA Op-Ed
"Salute
a Masterpiece" - For Constitution Day, The
Times-Tribune, Sept. 17, 2007
CJA Op-Ed
"Birth
of phony 'crisis'" - The Times-Tribune, Aug.
13, 2007
"There's
No Profit for Most in Limiting Lawsuits" - The
Patriot-News, June 19, 2007
"Malpractice
'crisis' more politics than policy" - Stephanie
Mencimer, The Sunday Times-Tribune, May 6, 2007
"Physician
retention appears to be higher" - The
Patriot-News, Nov. 13, 2006
CJA Op-Ed
Symptoms
point to insurance despite political misdiagnosis -
The Sunday Times, Oct. 2, 2006
CJA Op-Ed
Trial
lawyers' contributions misunderstood - The Times
Leader, Aug. 17, 2006
"Not
So Frivolous" - The Washington Post, May 26,
2006
CJA Op-Ed
"Diversionary
tactic" - The Times-Tribune, May 16, 2006
"No
better time to press reforms" - The Sunday
Times-Tribune, April 16, 2006
"Hold health care providers accountable for avoidable problems"
- Times Leader, April 2, 2006
"Lawsuit caps won’t cure medical mistakes, misdiagnoses"
- Times Leader, Jan. 20, 2006
"In
Pa., vital signs are stable" - Philadelphia
Inquirer, Jan. 11, 2006
"Stop
rewarding poor performance" - The
Times-Tribune, Nov. 22, 2005
"Bill deserves backing of physicians’ group"
- The Times-Tribune, Sept. 29, 2005
CJA Op-Ed
"Specialty
courts are like fox guarding henhouse" - The
Citizens' Voice, Aug. 31, 2005
"The
Hot Zone: How Going to the Hospital Can Kill You"
- Phila. Daily News, July 15, 2005
"Malpractice
suits not about chance to 'hit the jackpot'" -
The Times Leader, June 8, 2005
CJA Op-Ed
"Case
for tort reform full of fabrications" - The
Citizens' Voice, June 5, 2005
CJA Op-Ed
"Eliminating
medical errors might reduce costly lawsuits" -
The Times Leader, June 1, 2005
CJA Op-Ed
"Higher
malpractice payouts mean too much malpractice"
- The Citizens' Voice, April 21, 2005
"Pa. may be on right track in solving med-mal woes"
- The Citizens' Voice, April 16, 2005
"New
med-mal stats validate reforms" - The
(Scranton) Tribune, April 14, 2005
"GOP interest in Terri Schiavo showed great deal of hypocrisy"
- Citizens' Voice, April 4, 2005
"Bill
would give insurance break to docs who improve
safety" - Citizens' Voice, March 31, 2005
CJA Op-Ed
"Republicans
are playing politics with medical malpractice
victim" - Citizens' Voice, March 26, 2005
"Report
reveals cause of high malpractice insurance rates"
- Citizens' Voice, March 25, 2005
"New
study shows preventable medical erors still a
problem" - Citizens' Voice, March 12, 2005
"Doctors
have fallen victim to their own 'crisis' campaign" -
Citizens' Voice, March 7, 2005
"In
haste to cap damages, don't forget real victims"
- Detroit Free Press, Feb. 28, 2005
"For
cruelty, malpractice cap tops all" - Atlanta
Constitution Journal, Feb. 14, 2005
"Tort
reform isn't solution to health-care system's
problems" - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Feb. 5,
2005
"Judge who declared mistrial
stood up for rights of
injured" - Citizens' Voice, Feb. 2, 2005
"Tort
Reform Proposals Would Only Further Harm Victims"
- Times Leader, Jan. 28, 2005
"Physicians,
bring thyself to heel" - Newsday, Dec.
2, 2004
"Tort Reform Weak case for barring courthouse door"
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 8, 2004
"Medical malpractice reforms are working" -
Citizens' Voice, March 31, 2004
"Med Mal Reforms Start To Work"
- Editorial, Sunday Times, Scranton, March 28, 2004
"Before voting on caps, get all the facts" -
Editorial, Citizens' Voice, March 8, 2004
"Policy
malpractice in state Capitol" - Editorial, Tribune, Scranton, July 2, 2004
"Base
med mal bill on accurate stats" -
The Tribune, Scranton, June 23, 2004
"Tragic evidence that caps aren't the
answer"
- Delaware County Times, Feb. 18, 2004
"Don't
cut off public's access to
the courts: HB 1326 ranks
among worst proposals ever in Pa." - Editorial,
The Citizens'
Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 25, 2004
"Crisis
Becomes Political Wedge" - Editorial, The Sunday Times,
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 25, 2004
CJA Op-Ed
"Get all the facts on alleged 'crisis' before altering
state Constitution" - Letter to the Editor, The
Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 20, 2004
CJA Op-Ed
"Those injured by medical errors have right to air case
before jury" - Letter to the Editor, The Citizens'
Voice, June 16, 2004
"'Doctor
exodus' is a scare tactic; regulate insurance, stop
mistakes" - Letter in The Citizens' Voice,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 1, 2004
"Doctors' claims of mass exodus from Pennsylvania are not
true" - Letter to the Editor, The Citizens' Voice, April 22,
2004
"State figures show more, not fewer, doctors" -
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 12, 2004
"Cell call came
during surgery" - The
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., March 25, 2004
"Doctors Align Against Consumers" -
The Scranton
Times, Feb. 9, 2004
"Legislative malpractice"
- The Tribune,
Scranton, Feb. 5, 2004
"Threats No Cure"
- The Sunday Times, Scranton,
Feb. 1, 2004
"Tort reform proposal will deprive citizens of vital
rights" - Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 26, 2004
"It's time for a little honesty in the medical industry"
- Times Leader,
Wilkes-Barre, Dec. 23, 2003
"Press
insurers for the truth" - The Tribune,
Scranton, Dec. 17, 2003
"Lawyers
Bad, Until You Need One" - By
Clifford Rieders, Esq., former president of the Pa.
Trial Lawyers Assn., The Sunday Times, Scranton, Pa.,
November 21, 2004
"Exploiting
'Fear Itself' - The Medical Lobby's Challenge to
Patients' Rights" - By Michael J. Foley, Esq.
"The
Lincoln Institute and other fairy tales" - By
Clifford Rieders, Esq., former president of the Pa.
Trial Lawyers Assn., Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
February 22, 2004
"Medical
crisis wrongly pits doctors against lawyers" -
Op-Ed by Todd J. O'Malley, Esq., The Citizens' Voice,
Feb. 4, 2003.
"Medical
Crisis Mandates Insurance Reform" - Op-ed
by state Senate Democratic Leader Robert J.
Mellow, Scranton Times, Nov. 10,
2002
"Turning
Patients Into Hostages" - The Los Angeles
Times, Jan. 6, 2003
"The
Malpractice Crisis" - by Ralph Nader,
CounterPunch, January 7, 2003
"A
pretty clear case of presidential malpractice"
- Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., January 19,
2003
"President's
prescription weak medicine at best" -
Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., January 21, 2003
"An
Effort To Deceive on Hospital 'Reform'" -
The Boston Globe, Jan 21, 2003
"Doctors
Have Put a Cap on the Truth" - Newark
Star-Ledger Editorial, February 18, 2003
"Caps
not answer" - Orlando Sentinel, February
27, 2003
"A
Second Opinion on the Malpractice Plague"
- Business Week, March 3, 2003
"The
Bogus Tort-Reform Case" - Wall Street
Journal, March 6, 2003
CJA
Applauds Medicare Rule Change - Aug. 3, 2007
CJA Calls Lost Pants Lawsuit 'Outrageous'
- May 7, 2007
Statewide Attorneys’ Group Gives CJA Special Award for Community Service
- August 2006
Group Accuses Santorum of ‘Patently False’ Statements on NEPA Neurosurgical Care
"Santorum-Frist Push for ‘Medical Liability Reform’
Driven by Personal, Special Interests"
- June 1, 2006
"Chamber's
Bogus 'Study' Exposes True Agenda of 'Tort
Reform'" - March 28, 2006
"CJA
Decries Repeal of Joint & Several
Liability" - March 15, 2006
"Bush’s Prescription for Health-Care Crisis: ‘You’re On Your Own’"
- Jan. 31, 2006
"Geisinger Ad in Medical Journal Belies ‘Doctor Exodus’ Claims"
- Dec. 14, 2005
CJA
Urges House Members to Protect Injured Consumers
- Dec. 9, 2005
CJA
Calls for Piccola's Recusal - February 11, 2004
MCARE Numbers
Refute Doctor Exodus Claims - October 23, 2003
Report Proves Malpractice
'Crisis' Non-Existent in Pa., Other States - Sept.
9, 2003
Consumer
Groups Urge Legislature To Investigate Insurance
Industry - May 16, 2003
Group Decries GOP Hearing as Partisan Charade
- March 23, 2003
Editorial:
"Tort reform hypocrite stumbles onto the
truth" - Tomah Journal, June 21, 2007
"Frist's
support of caps would favor family business" -
Associated Press, Dec. 4, 2005
"Lawsuit Abuse Critic Explains Suit; Senator's Wife Sued a Chiropractor for $500,000"
- ABC News, Nov. 10, 2005
"Wellpoint
settles with doctors over pay practices" -
USAToday, July 13, 2005
"The Hypocrite
in Chief" - Read about how President Bush
pursued a "frivolous" lawsuit against a
rental-car company.
"Bush
Criticism of Frivolous Lawsuits Hypocritical"
- The Daily Mis-Lead, August 3, 2004
"Dick Cheney: Master Litigator"
- Read about the 151 lawsuits Halliburton filed while he
was the company's CEO.
"Sen.
Santorum's wife wins lawsuit" - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Dec. 11, 1999.
"Town
OKs $9.9M deal in lawsuit by injured doctor"
- Southern Conn. Newspapers, Sept. 1, 2004
"Doctor
who won $6 million wants malpractice caps" -
Greenwich (Conn.) Time, April 25, 2004
"Not
So Frivolous" - Ohio doc used by President
Bush as poster boy has lawsuit history. New York
Times, June 18, 2004
"Medical-malpractice
battle gets personal" - USAToday details
retribution by docs against victims and trial lawyers,
June 13, 2004
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