|Articles|September 16, 2008

January31 2005
Volume 12
Issue 2

News You Can Use: Doctors on Trial

According to Jury Verdict Research (www.juryverdictresearch.com), plaintiffs continue to lose the majority of cases that go to a jury. However, overall, physicians are losing more cases than in years past. And juries are compensating plaintiffs more generously; the average judgment is now $1,010,858. The following is the percentage of plaintiffs who win jury judgments for various malpractice cases:

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