The effect of 1980s tort reform legislation on general liability and medical malpractice insurance

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kip Viscusi ◽  
Richard J. Zeckhauser ◽  
Patricia Born ◽  
Glenn Blackmon
Keyword(s):  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Tort Reform ◽  
Reform Legislation ◽  
Malpractice Insurance ◽  
Medical Malpractice Insurance

scholarly journals Assessing The Impact Of Medical Malpractice Awards, Tort Reform, And Investment Returns Upon Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
William J. Smith ◽  
Tania A. Celis ◽  
Bruce M. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tort Reform ◽  
Malpractice Insurance ◽  
Investment Returns ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Medical Malpractice Insurance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

<p>For most doctors, obtaining medical malpractice insurance coverage each year represents a significant expense.  During the past three decades, researchers have developed several competing theories to explain changes in the cost of obtaining medical malpractice insurance in the United States.  This article focuses on the relationship, on a nationwide basis, between medical malpractice awards, the presence of tort reform, investment returns by insurers, and the impact of each upon the cost of obtaining medical malpractice insurance.  The results of a multivariate equation are then used to analyze the relative impacts of these competing theories.</p>

The Anti-Patient Psychology of Health Courts: Prescriptions from a Lawyer-Physician

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freeman L. Farrow
Keyword(s):  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Malpractice Litigation ◽  
Insurance Premiums ◽  
Malpractice Insurance ◽  
Malpractice Claims ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Tort System ◽  
Medical Malpractice Insurance

Critics of the current medical malpractice tort system claim that adjudication of malpractice claims before generalist judges and lay juries contributes to rising costs of medical malpractice insurance premiums and medical care. They claim that properly deciding issues in this realm requires specialized knowledge of medicine and medical technology that juries, and even judges of general jurisdiction, do not possess. One lobbying group alleges there is a continuing medical malpractice litigation crisis in the United States, evidenced by increasing medical costs, deaths from needless medical errors, departure of physicians from the practice of medicine due to increasing medical malpractice insurance premiums, and random medical justice in medical malpractice cases. Whether there is a direct, causal correlation between the increasing cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums and medical malpractice litigation is debatable.

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