We must be alert that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries do not further limit the rights of victims of medical errors to recover fair compensation. No one knows who will be the victim of medical malpractice but the insurance companies know they will be paying the verdicts. Consequently, the insurance and pharmaceutical industries will be organized in their efforts to shift the burden of medical errors to the victims. We all need to make sure that future victims of medical errors are not twice victimized.
Cumberland School of Law, Cum Laude graduate Peter F. Burns practice areas include business litigation will contests, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and other matters of complex civil litigation. Mr. Burns is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court and is a Certified Alabama Mediator; Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, and a member of national and state Legal associations.
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