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Most of the available evidence about defensive medicine comes from anecdotes or conjectural surveys of practitioners. That evidence does not rule out doctors' own financial incentives under fee-for-service payment systems as an alternative explanation for "unnecessary" tests.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

Winning plaintiffs in state courts received a median award of $309,000 in asbestos cases and $286,000 in medical malpractice cases in the 75 largest counties in 1996. Moreover, about 20 percent of medical malpractice awards and 16 percent of product liability awards (other than in asbestos-related cases) were at least $1 million, compared with only 6 percent of state courts' awards for all torts. (Although punitive damages were infrequently awarded in medical malpractice and asbestos cases, they were also higher than the average for all torts: median amounts of $250,000 and $110,000, respectively, compared with $38,000 for tort cases overall.)(26) At the federal level, medical malpractice cases terminated by trial in U.
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Class Action Lawsuit Lawyers and Attorneys - Credit Reporting ...

Selling your credit information is big business— but you now have the power to ... Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina ... www.classactionamerica.com/affiliates/ gm/classactionlawsuit.asp?lngCaseID=3124 - 57k -
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