USA Today Editorial, Opinion Piece Weigh Merits of Health Courts To Resolve Malpractice Suits

USA Today on Tuesday published an editorial and an opinion piece on establishing "health courts" that would only try medical malpractice cases. Summaries appear below.

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Malpractice increases may worsen physician shortages

PLATTSBURGH -- Talks of increasing malpractice charges for New York physicians have area doctors concerned that the move would add to a growing physician shortage in the state. Click here for more info

Woman sues hospital over flesh-eating bacteria

A woman who contracted a flesh-eating bacteria and had to have all four limbs amputated sued a hospital for medical malpractice Monday. Claudia Mejia's lawsuit in state circuit court seeks unspecified damages, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel.

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