Malpractice Liability a Hot Topic at Health Care Summit

Thursday's televised "summit" on health care proved to be a new forum in which Republican lawmakers could press for limits on medical malpractice awards, and another chance for the plaintiffs bar to play defense. Listing a tort overhaul as one of his party's priorities. Sen. Lamar Alexander, who is third in the U.S. Senate's GOP leadership, said there are too many "junk lawsuits against doctors." A lobbying group for plaintiffs lawyers responded in a Twitter feed with some counterclaims.