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Published Online: 20 May 2005

Defendants Exonerated in Most Cases

Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 40, Number 10
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.40.10.00400025a
According to data from the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a consortium of physician-owned, medical malpractice insurance companies, the majority of malpractice claims are decided or settled in favor of physician defendants.
In an analysis of nearly 185,000 malpractice claims filed from 1985 through 2003, PIAA reported the following:
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117,026 claims, or 63.3 percent, were settled out of court in favor of the physician defendant and resulted in no compensation for the patient.
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54,002 claims, or 29.2 percent, were settled out of court in favor of the patient plaintiff.
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10,095 claims, or 5.4 percent, resulted in a trial verdict that exonerated the physician defendant.
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2,545 claims, or 1.4 percent, resulted in a trial verdict on behalf of the patient plaintiff.

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Volume 40 • Number 10 • May 20, 2005
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