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March 19, 2008


"On the Tort Reform Angle, Too Bad about Spitzer"

Notes Carter Wood at NAM "Shop Floor": "The self-immolation by Gov. Eliot Spitzer may actually hurt the cause of tort reform in New York, at least with respect to medical malpractice. Spitzer, whose brother is a neurosurgeon, created a task force last year to recommend changes to state law to help rein in malpractice insurance premium increases (14 percent last year)."

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