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Medical Malpractice Insurers’ Profits Higher Than Nearly All Fortune 500 Companies

By | 10.06.09 | 11:57 am

The American Association for Justice — the trial lawyers’ lobby group — has just released an astounding statistic:  medical malpractice insurance companies’ average profits are higher than those of 99 percent of Fortune 500 companies.

As the nation remains mired in a debate over health care reform and More…

Trial Lawyers Fight Proposals for Tort Reform

By | 09.09.09 | 1:54 pm

The American Association for Justice — formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association — is gearing up to defend against proposals for tort reform as the answer to the high cost of health care.

“Limiting the legal rights of patients will do nothing to  lower the costs More…