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Lawsuits 2 secs in the U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 %24248.1 billion which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 82% 0204 2 in 5 Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit eeeee eveee $50 billion 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882 Lawsuits 2 secs U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit in the %24248.1 billion every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 2 in 5 82% Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place $50 billion 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882 Lawsuits 2 secs U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit in the %24248.1 billion every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 2 in 5 82% Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place $50 billion 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882 Lawsuits 2 secs U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit in the %24248.1 billion every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 2 in 5 82% Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place $50 billion 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882 Lawsuits 2 secs U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit in the %24248.1 billion every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 2 in 5 82% Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place $50 billion 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882 Lawsuits 2 secs U.S. Over 15 million lawsuits will be filed this year in state courts across the U.S. That's 1 new lawsuit in the %24248.1 billion every or one lawsuit for every 12 adults in America U.S. tort system cost in 2009 which translates to per person In the estimation of the Congressional Budget Office, the combined Even after adjusting for inflation, tort costs per capita have risen by a factor of nearly eight between 1950 and 2009. effect of those two factors would be a reduction of about .5 percent of the total health care spending. 1950 2009 21 40% Percentage of medical malpractice lawsuits that are groundless Number of states currently facing a medical liability crisis $70 billion - $126 billion Percentage of every dollar spent on health care attributed to the Amount of healthcare costs S10% per year that would be saved by limiting unreasonable jury awards costs of liability and defensive medicine Amount of money trial lawyers earned from lawsuit awards in 2002 |$40 billion Median amount of damages $431.000 71,000 Number of drug awarded in medical lawsuits that been filed in federal malpractice jury trials courts since 2001 $253,000 Outnumbers asbestos, tobacco and auto safety lawsuits by a widening margin since 2002 $287,000 1992 1996 2001 79% of doctors report that due to litigation fears, they have ordered more tests than what is 45% of hospitals report the loss of physicians due to professional liability crisis 67% of OB-GYNS stopped providing childbirth services due to liability 72% of doctors view their patients as potential adversaries pressures medically needed Percentage of Americans who believe that personal injury lawyers filing lawsuits over medicines/remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. 2 in 5 82% Pharmacists with patients who have stopped taking medication prescribed for them because they discovered the drug might be involved in a lawsuit 25% 825 I||||| Percentage of patients who would stop taking their medication if they saw an advertisement for a lawsuit Average number of days that successful litigation claimants must wait for over that drug compensation after their injury takes place $50 billion 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Percentage of plaintiff awards that lawyers receive under typical contingency arrangements 30%-50% Amount per year spent on unnecessary test procedures designed only to guard doctors and hospitals against malpractice claims 1 stethoscope = $5 billion sources: http://www.legalreform-now.org/menu3_3.htm http://sickoflawsuits.org/fastfacts.cfm http://sickoflawsuits.org/pdfs/LawsuitAbuseandHealthCareFastFacts.pdf http://www.cultofmac.com/handy-mobile-lawsuit-flow-chart-graphic/61882