MIZZOU MALPRACTICE STUDY: QUALITY OF CARE DETERMINES SETTLEMENT PAYMENT
September 25, 2007
September 25, 2007
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 25 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
Critics of malpractice law contend the civil justice system operates like a lottery - outcomes turn on luck of the draw rather than justice. That's hardly the case, according to a University of Missouri-Columbia law professor, whose review of two decades of research studies shows that settlements are neither random nor irrational. Instead, settlement outcome are tied closely to the quality of . . .
Critics of malpractice law contend the civil justice system operates like a lottery - outcomes turn on luck of the draw rather than justice. That's hardly the case, according to a University of Missouri-Columbia law professor, whose review of two decades of research studies shows that settlements are neither random nor irrational. Instead, settlement outcome are tied closely to the quality of . . .