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Tennessee Says "No Thanks" To Malpractice Tort Reform
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
Missing a train can be a good thing.
Author of Tenn. Malpractice Bill Now Relieved It Didn't Pass
A Tennessee state representative who helped shepherd a bipartisan effort to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits said he was glad the measure did not pass.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rob Briley, D-Nashville, said supporters of the medical malpractice bill exaggerated the need for limits on malpractice lawsuits.
"It was premature. It didn't need to pass,'' Briley said during a House floor session. "We didn't need tort reform in this state.''
Briley said he received information last Wednesday from State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co., the state's largest provider of malpractice insurance to doctors, that insurance rates were dropping an average 4.2 percent this year.
He also said there hadn't been an increase in juries awarding large damages to patients nor was the standard of medical care decreasing, as tort reform supporters have indicated.
Unfortunately, many states have boarded the tort reform train. Maybe, after they arrive at a destination where injustice and malpractice thrive, they will ride the train back to justice for the victims of medical misconduct.
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