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2007 - Present
- Voices: Malpractice cost
- Letter to the Editor: Don't credit caps
- Letter to the Editor: Arbitration's asterisk
- Letter to the Editor: Tort Abuse Column Full of Fiction
- Doctors: Malpractice system hurts
- Consumer Report on WYO Playground Safety
- Letter to the Editor: Legislate Controls on Insurance Rates
- Task Force Became Task Farce
- Letter to the Editor: Attorneys general are among consumers' most important advocates
- State urged to tighten doctor discipline
- Transcript: Lou Dobbs Tonight
- Advocacy Group Tours With Tots for Product Safety Bill
- Delco mom calls for law to cut lead in toys
- Letter to the Editor: Back Bill on Suing the Dead
- Report: Attorneys General Deserve More Credit State AGs are consumers' front-line defense
- Battle Erupts Over Insurance Plan for MDs
- Op/Ed: A Return to Gordon Gekko Justice
- Drug Law Prohibits Taking Legal Action: Group is Working Toward Repeal
- Letter to the Editor: Flaws in construction safety standards could be fatal
- Letter to the Editor: Insurance reform is what can help doctors
- Spitzer to unveil plan to lower malpractice costs
- Staten Island doctors join rally against insurance rates
- Op/Ed: With Malpractice Claims Declining, Insurers Should be Held Accountable
- Malpractice Crisis Looms For Area MD
2008
The Joplin Globe
September 26, 2008
Belleville News Democrat
August 29, 2008
Belleville News Democrat
August 28, 2008
Palm Springs' The Desert Sun
August 21, 2008
Syracuse Post-Standard
August 16, 2008
Wyoming Public Service News
August 11, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald
July 22, 2008
Albany Times Union
June 30, 2008
Charleston Daily Mail
June 25, 2008
The Ithaca Journal
May 28, 2008
CNN
May 23, 2008
Congressional Quarterly Today
May 23, 2008
Philadelphia Daily News
May 22, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times
April 1, 2008
ConsumerAffairs.Com
March 26, 2008
New York Sun
March 25, 2008
California's The Recorder
March 21, 2008
Michigan’s Traverse City Record-Eagle
March 16, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 15, 2008
Illinois' State Journal-Register
March 5, 2008
Newsday
March 5, 2008
Staten Island Advance
March 4, 2008
Appalachian News-Express
February 21, 2008
New York’s Suffolk Live
February 20, 2008
- Hellhole Lable Gone
- Courts in Metro East lose 'hellhole' label
- Illinois Judge Throws Out Med Mal Damages Caps
- Patients Were Not Told of Misuse of Syringes
- Illinois law shielding doctors is rejected
- Letter to the Editor: Bringing Down Maternal Death Rates
- Letter to the Editor: Protecting Injured Illinois Consumers
- Supremes to weigh in on vendor liability for fraud
- US Solicitor General Files Brief In Stoneridge Case
- Sen Banking Committee Chairman Warns Bush Not to Oppose SEC in Securities Case
- Enron Investors Seek Ally in Court Case
- Enron plaintiffs ask Bush to back 3rd-party suits
- Don't blame victims for problems with malpractice
- Letter to the Editor: Dismissing Meritless Cases
- Malpractice insurance taking toll on LI docs
- Letter to the Editor: Contingency Fees Help Protect Public Interest
- Hike in NY medical malpractice insurance rates approved
- Letter to the Editor: Bork is not the first tort-reform hypocrite
- Shays backs medical malpractice reform
- Watchdog On a Leash
- Bill would expand suit damages for grief and mental anguish
- Letter to the Editor: Stricter Insurance Regulation Is Needed
- Letter to the Editor: There’s No Such Thing as a Reasonable, One-Size-Fits-All Cap
- Consumer Groups Say Market Forces, Not Claims, Caused Med Mal Crisis
- New study in Illinois malpractice debate
- Workers' comp bill package offers fixes to broken system
- Illinois bill would finance judicial campaigns
- Keep People Out of Wash, Label Warns
2007
Edwardsville Intelligencer
December 19, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 18, 2007
Business Insurance
November 19, 2007
New York Times
November 16, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 13, 2007
New York Times
October 28, 2007
Chicago Tribune
October 28, 2007
Financial Week
October 8, 2007
Dow Jones
August 15, 2007
Thomson Financial
August 14, 2007
The Oregonian
August 10, 2007
Reuters
July 31, 2007
Newsday
July 24, 2007
Wall St. Journal
July 20, 2007
Newsday
July 16, 2007
Wall St. Journal
July 7, 2007
Associated Press
July 3, 2007
Mississippi’s Sun Herald
June 22, 2007
Connecticut Post
June 7, 2007
Florida’s The Ledger
May 26, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat
May 1, 2007
Rocky Mountain News
April 25, 2007
New York’s The Post-Standard
April 17, 2007
Insurance Journal
March 29, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 29, 2007
Connecticut’s The Norwich Bulletin
February 25, 2007
St. Louis Post Dispatch
February 7, 2007
Associated Press
January 5, 2007
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