States have been enacting tort reforms to reduce the liability of physicians conducting malpractice. However, tort … reform may create a moral hazard because physicians may take less care due to reduced liability. This paper investigates … damages may unpredictably lead to a catastrophic jury verdict against physicians, and the joint and several liability rules …

With the national focus on medical malpractice tort reform, California is regarded as the “model for medical liability … collateral source rule, requires 90 day notice to physicians of a claim, and promotes annuity like periodic payments to injured … a wave of physicians refusing to treat patients absent “consent” to arbitration of all claims made by a patient. The …

This paper discusses the medical malpractice “crisis” and the potential of contract liability to reduce overall … liability “system” and some of the more common reforms offered. It then discusses the economic rationale of allowing patients … the part of providers, explaining how contract liability may offer improvements in the areas of costs, patient preferences …

complaints. Many of the preceding claims are facially implausible. The medical malpractice liability system is an enormous market … whose principal trading partners - trial lawyers and liability insurers - are sophisticated, economically-oriented repeat … malpractice liability system. These studies depict a system that is stable and predictable, that sorts valid from invalid claims …

effect on payouts. Out-of-pocket payments by physicians are rare, never large, and usually unrelated to punitive damage …