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Tort Reform and Physician Sanctioning
Author(s) -
Lavenant Claudia E.,
Hayward Craig L.,
Jesilow Paul
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9930.00124
Subject(s) - tort reform , punishment (psychology) , tort , legislature , joint and several liability , state (computer science) , law , liability , business , political science , law and economics , economics , psychology , social psychology , algorithm , computer science
This article examines the relationship between changes in tort rules and the sanctioning of physicians by state medical boards. It compares the sanctioning rates for doctors in states that have passed tort reforms with the rates in states that have not made legislative changes. It concludes that alterations to the joint liability rule may have increased sanctioning, while the addition of pre–trial screening panels and regulation of attorney fees may have limited the number of physicians who receive punishment.