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Article: Some question 'crisis' Bush aims to fix President to campaign against 'lawsuit abuse' in Madison County
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 5, 2005
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President Bush will use Downstate Madison County today to relaunch
his campaign against "lawsuit abuse" he says drives doctors from this
Mississippi River area and other communities around the country.
But lawyers and court watchers say doctors win most cases in
Madison County. Of the 364 medical malpractice suits filed there
since 1996, only eight resulted in verdicts against doctors or
hospitals for a total of $3 million, or about $380,000 each.
"I don't think the stats on verdicts bear out all the rhetoric
being given out by politicians and the media," said Judy Riley,
president of the Verdict Reporter of St. Louis, which records Madison
County verdicts.
Doctors say they're bailing out
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