Comments on: Does tort reform affect insurance rates? II

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:40:40 +0000

The Times on med-mal, II: effect of caps

On Tuesday, readers will recall, the New York Times business section ran an article entitled “Behind Those Medical Malpractice Rates” under the byline of Joseph B. Treaster and Joel Brinkley. Yesterday I criticized at length the article’s assertions th…

By: forum

forum — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:26:27 +0000

Does tort reform affect insurance rates? II

More data piles in refuting the bald claims of ATLA and “consumer” advocates that medical malpractice reform is somehow an insurance company conspiracy that doesn’t reduce rates. (See Mar. 22 and Jul. 29, 2003). In an actuarial study using the…

By: forum

forum — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:55:33 +0000

Bob Herbert’s “Malpractice Myths”

“This is all about greed,” Bob Herbert explains, talking about medical malpractice. (“Malpractice Myths”, NY Times, Jun. 21). Very few would disagree with this sentence standing by itself. But Herbert, without any obvious irony, is ascribing this sin t…

By: The Slithery D

The Slithery D — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:30:10 +0000

The value of a good woman From the Onion:
I was just working my way out of the denial phase of the grieving process when the phone rang. Mr. George Tift from State Farm Insurance had a