Trade Group Criticizes N.J. Med Mal Reform Bill

NU Online News Service, March 31, 3:35 p.m. EST? A medical malpractice reform bill approved by the New Jersey Senate this week still lacks a crucial component that the medical community and insurers want in such legislation, according to an insurers' trade association.[@@]

Richard Stokes, a representative for the Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association, said the legislation, whose first version was introduced and passed in the Assembly, is considered "somewhat of a comprehensive piece of legislation on medical malpractice insurance reform."

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