Proving negligence: Does anyone benefit from the courtroom medical gladiators?
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Professor Stephen Duckett’s recent article about the funding of pathology services attracted a lot of adverse comment.
Many years ago, at the height of the litigation crisis, I had lunch with him and a senior executive of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA), which, among other things, manages negligence claims for public hospitals and their employees.