Sentence examples for of a malpractice from inspiring English sources

The Specter of a Malpractice Suit The threat of a malpractice suit weighs particularly heavy on a New Jersey obstetrician deciding whether to recommend a C-section.

The lawmaker and retired obstetrician sponsoring a Congressional bill to sharply cut medical malpractice awards was involved in a $500,000 settlement of a malpractice lawsuit.

The threat of a malpractice suit is so intimidating to physicians that they frequently order many unnecessary tests and consultations in order to ward them off.

In 1993, Christopher Milani received $1.75 million from the settlement of a malpractice lawsuit his parents had filed against the doctors who handled his birth.

Will the emergence of a malpractice provision in health care legislation prompt lawyers to pull back on financial contributions to members of Congress?

He was almost a stereotype of a malpractice lawyer — except in one respect, and that was the reason I'd come to watch this particular trial.

Across specialties, greater average spending by physicians was associated with reduced risk of incurring a malpractice claim.

Limiting damages in professional malpractice cases and requiring prescreening of claims by a malpractice panel before a suit may proceed.

In none of these cases was a malpractice suit filed or even considered.

"What we don't often hear about are the victims of a medical malpractice system gone awry," Mr. Tauzin said.

Doctors don't really control their practices but must be wary of a capricious malpractice system that could strike at any moment.