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March 28, 2008
Are Insurers Responsible for High Malpractice Premiums? Updated
That's the view in this op/ed piece in today's Concord Monitor. On the one hand, the author, Christopher J. Seufert, is a trial lawyer. He has a financial stake in the argument, and one should take the opinion with a grain of salt. On the other hand, he does support his argument with some empirical data. Does he prove his point?
Update: Martin Grace/RiskProf and Ted Frank/Point of Law aren't convinced.
--CJR
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