About 40% Of U.S. Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Are ‘Groundless,’ Study Says (Medical News Today) About 40% of the medical malpractice claims filed in the U.S. are groundless, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. For the study, researchers from Harvard University examined 1,452 malpractice claims randomly selected from five insurers that were resolved between 1984 and 2004. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) (AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents [News Source]

Wrongful death lawsuit against Knox College gets under way (WHOI) GALESBURG (AP) -- A jury is being picked to consider a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Knox College in the 1998 murder of a college student from Naperville. [News Source]

Bryson proposes medical malpractice amendment to Cover Tennessee (Nashville City Paper) Posted: May 15, 11:21 a.m. CDT State Sen. Jim Bryson, the leading Republican candidate for governor, has filed an amendment this morning to add medical malpractice reform to Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee health insurance plan. [News Source]

Study of malpractice suits shows 40% without merit (San Jose Mercury News) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial attorneys against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]

Frist Opinion Piece Says Medical Malpractice Reform Needed (Medical News Today) "Washington state faces an ongoing medical-liability crisis and, unfortunately, a solution seems a long way away," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) writes in a Seattle Times opinion piece. "Because of obstructionist Democratic tactics, the Senate Monday blocked action on two bills that would have improved things," Frist writes. [click link for full article] [News Source]

37% of medical malpractice cases groundless, study says (Lexington Herald-Leader) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, said a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]

37% of medical malpractice cases groundless, study says (Lexington Herald-Leader) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, said a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]

37% of medical malpractice cases groundless, study says (Lexington Herald-Leader) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, said a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]

37% of medical malpractice cases groundless, study says (Lexington Herald-Leader) About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, said a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the middle. [News Source]