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8 Yale J. Health Pol'y L. & Ethics 253 (2008)
Does Being a Repeat Player Make a Difference - The Impact of Attorney Experience and Case-Picking on the Outcome of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

handle is hein.journals/yjhple8 and id is 257 raw text is: ARTICLES Does Being a Repeat Player Make a Difference? The Impact of Attorney Experience and Case-Picking on the Outcome of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Catherine T. Harris,* Ralph Peeples,t and Thomas B. Metzloffl INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 254 I. PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES: PREVIOUS LITERA TURE ..................................................................................................... 259 II. APPROACH TO ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 263 III. M ETHODS ................................................................................................... 264 A . SA M PLE ..................................................................................................... 264 B. DEPENDENT VARIABLE: CASE OUTCOME ................................................. 266 C. INDEPENDENT V ARIABLES ........................................................................ 266 IV . FINDINGS .................................................................................................... 271 A. WHAT PREDICTS WHETHER MONEY WILL BE PAID TO THE PLAINTIFF?. 272 B. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLAINTIFFS' COUNSEL AND CASE-PICKING ....... 275 V . D ISCUSSION .................................................................................................. 279 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................... 282 . Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University. This research was supported with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Grant I.D. #027071. t Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law Professor of Law, Duke University

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