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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (119651)8/27/2009 9:08:36 PM
From: Paul Kern  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541952
 
The problem isn't tort reform, it's the malpractice insurance companies.

nytimes.com

Study Says Malpractice Payouts Aren't Rising

By JENNY ANDERSON

When Mike Kreidler was an optometrist in Olympia, Wash., he railed against trial lawyers. He believed that aggressive trial lawyers were the reason he faced rising insurance premiums.