Medical Justice Battles “Frivolous” Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Greensboro, NC, 9-4-2003 — The medical malpractice tort reform debate that raged over the summer may be politically “dead” but not so at Medical Justice, the company that protects physicians from frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits through a countersuit insurance program. Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico have just been added to the eight other states where this coverage is available. According to the American Medical Association, Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky are each labeled “Crisis Liability States”.

Medical Justice is a patented legal countersuit protection program that pays for the countersuit in the event a doctor is sued for a non-meritorious reason. Medical Justice also provides a deterrent package using the option of countersuit and other proprietary means to prevent these “frivolous” malpractice lawsuits from being initiated in the first place.

“…I am thrilled with your group’s (Medical Justice™’s) approach to this problem that we are all dealing with.” According to a practicing OB/GYN in Chicago, “I am surrounded by more than a thousand angry physicians in one of the most difficult places in America to practice medicine – Cook County… with little or no chance of tort reform.”

The Florida Medical Association endorses Medical Justice?, a company that went to market in early 2002. Medical Justice™ has entered into partnerships with leading medical malpractice insurance brokers in several states. It is now available in IL, KY, AR, NM, CO, FL, CA, SC, NC, OH, AL, LA, TN and Puerto Rico. Interested brokers should contact Medical Justice™ .

“While the immediate impact of Medical Justice™ is to reduce the frequency of non-meritorious malpractices lawsuits against physicians, the longer term impact is in reducing medical malpractice insurance premiums which in turn will stabilize the community health costs,” said Dr. Jeffrey Segal, a board certified neurosurgeon and founder of Medical Justice.

Medical Justice™ Countersuit Plans are proprietary processes that protect physicians from frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits primarily by deterring their occurrence in the first place. However, if they do occur, they arm the physician with the ways and means to prosecute the case in support of the doctor.