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Malpractice In Doctors' Past Gets Lost In The System

Fist clenched in anger, Howard Grabelle joined protesting doctors on the streets of New Jersey this year, demanding that state lawmakers limit malpractice awards. It's the best way to keep good doctors in business, he insists. Grabelle has good reason to push for such reform. He's a physician who made repeated malpractice payouts. Over 12 years, his insurers have laid out at least $2.3 million in six cases - to a couple whose baby died, to a husband who lost his wife, to the families of injured children. In New Jersey, questions about a doctor's competence most often go unanswered - and even avoided - by regulators, insurers, hospitals, and courts. It's easier to sanction a doctor for fraud than for botched surgery. Posted by Editor at August 4, 2003 08:49 AM