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Monday, September 06, 2004

Indiana Law - Evansville journalist's medical malpractice series wins award from trial lawyers

A story today in the Evansville Courier&Press reports that C&P reporter Roberta Heiman has been named 2004 Journalist of the Year by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. From the story:

[Heiman's] series showed that Indiana's attempt at tort reform has failed to deliver on several of its initial promises, including lower health-care costs. Her reporting showed that the law, enacted more than 30 years ago, wasn't the panacea promised for patients or doctors.

Indiana, Heiman reported, has one of the lowest per-capita doctor ratios in the country. She also found the state rarely doles out disciplinary action against doctors who've committed malpractice. * * *

Unfortunately, the series, "Medical Malpractice: Mistakes, Money & Misery," which ran in April, appears no longer to be available online. However, Indiana Law Blog entries quoting from the articles may be found at these links: 4/18/04; 4/20/04; 4/21/04; and 4/22/04.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 6, 2004 12:14 PM
Posted to Indiana Law