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Eric Turkewitz is an attorney who blogs at the New York Personal Injury Law Blog.

An attorney pushes back on a physician’s critique of the medical liability system

Eric Turkewitz
Policy
August 24, 2019

I was struck by a post by Dr. Saurabh Jha about his views of the jury system — as some of his comments mirrored things I’ve said to juries in the past.

Some things he got right, which go to the core our civil justice system. Some things, however, not so much.

His perspective comes from growing up in India, which doesn’t exactly have the most efficient of justice systems. And …

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An attorney pushes back on a physician’s critique of the medical liability system

How a personal injury lawyer views the medical malpractice system

Eric Turkewitz
Physician
November 18, 2009

Personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz responds to my recent USA Today piece on fixing the medical malpractice system.

In a USA Today op-ed, Kevin Pho tackles the medical malpractice liability system. Some stuff I agree with, but suggestions regarding improvement of the current system are unlikely to work.

Kevin correctly states that malpractice legal fights often go on for years. In New York, it could easily take three years to get …

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