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CJD - Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
ATLA - Caps on Medical Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Summary - Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry
Number of Federal Tort Trials Fell by Almost 80 Percent from 1985 through 2003

Total payments for malpractice judgments have fallen 24.5 percent, from $299.6 million in 2000 to $226.2 million in 2004.
The median payment resulting from a judgment appears to have risen, from $230,000 in 2000 to $265,000 in 2004.
The total number of judgments against physicians dropped 31.9 percent between 2000 and 2004, from 670 to 456.
The number of malpractice judgments against physicians, adjusted for population growth, has fallen 34.6 percent since 2000.

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