THE PATIENT INJURY EPIDEMIC: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION AS A CURATIVE TOOL.

The article considers the virtues of medical liability litigation as a curative tool for the adverse event epidemic in U.S. health care. It analyzes the mistaken premises of the critics and offers a series of improvements to the litigation system to make more and fairer litigation possible. It also proposes a range of reforms that will increase the frequency of medical malpractice suits by improving the process of litigating, insuring and awarding.