Study Shows Medical Malpractice Claims Hit Low
The Ohio Department of Insurance recently reported that medical malpractice
claims have hit a new low in Ohio in 2012. You would think that this is
good news as it should mean that less patients are being harmed by preventable
medical errors. But unfortunately that is not the case at all. In fact,
as reported by
Forbes
(
http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/09/23/stunning-news-on-preventable-deaths-in-hospitals/),
medical errors now claim the spot as the third leading cause of death
in the United States, dwarfing auto accidents, diabetes, and everything
else besides cancer and heart disease. To put this figure in perspective,
hospitals are killing off the equivalent of the entire population of Atlanta
in just one year. That's a heck of a lot of people,folks! So why are
there so few medical malpractice claims in Ohio? The answer is simple:
tort reform. Big business and insurance companies have succeeded in persuading
our lawmakers to give them every possible advantage over injured victims. At
Rourke & Blumenthal, we've always believed that juries should decide cases based on the
facts, not lawmakers who know nothing about the case. We believe that
everyone should have access to the courtroom. Currently, this is not the
case at all. Our jury system is one of the definining principles of democracy.
Let's standup against lawmakers who try to control and influence it
with unecessary laws.