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News From Texas

September 11
Texas hospitals continue to reap benefits of tort reform, study shows
According to the study, 85 percent of hospitals are finding it easier to recruit specialists and subspecialists because of the reduced threat of a major malpractice lawsuit. Further, 69 percent of institutions say they have been able to expand services because of declining liability costs.

October 31
Texas mediation system in need of reform, law professor tells Beaumont group
Mediation based on party self-determination is becoming threatened by current practices and the "colonization" of the dispute resolution arena by attorneys, the president of a Southeast Texas law school said recently to a legal group in Beaumont.

October 13
Preserve Tort Reform
Medical specialists are flocking to Texas from places like New York and Florida, attracted by new laws curbing frivolous lawsuits and the low malpractice insurance rates they've begotten. Austin's biggest health care crisis today: figuring out how to process the deluge of Texas Medical Board applications to set up shop in our state.

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News From Across the Country

February 26
Overly Punitive?
The Supreme Court overturns a big tobacco verdict.

February 21
Justices Overturn Tobacco Award
The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly $80 million verdict intended to punish the Philip Morris tobacco company for endangering the lives of smokers, and the justices set limits on how jurors can decide to make big business pay for wrongdoing.

February 08
Bush renews call for tort reform
President's criticism of suits is rejected by lawyers association

February 01
Physician lobby shifts strategy on medical-liability reform
Although physician lobbyists recognize that their years-long quest for a federal law capping medical-malpractice lawsuit awards is unlikely to be fulfilled by the Democratic Congress, they are taking the long view.

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