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Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

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Archive > June, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 6

Cutting Remarks

The Lawsuit Blues

John Kelly, IV, MD

I practice in Philadelphia, the lawsuit capital of the cosmos, where orthopedic surgeons get sued B.I.D. My malpractice premiums are so high I had to go back to bartending on weekends to make ends meet.

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