1.   He practiced law in a large mid-western city and specialized in the defense of medical malpractice suits.

2.   Hospitals are always concerned about malpractice suits.

3.   All applicants are screened by Engel and Rudman to see if there are any outstanding malpractice suits.

4.   Although obstetrics and gynecology is a speciality that draws a disproportionate number of malpractice suits among even its finest doctors, his record was nearly spotless.

5.   And doctors may fear malpractice suits if patients develop a complication before their pressure is lowered.

6.   Another major difference between the two versions is that the House measure imposes severe limits on medical malpractice suits.

7.   As an employee of the government, he could not be named as the defendant in a malpractice suit.

8.   At its root, it would alter the ERISA law and allow patients to bring malpractice suits against managed care plans in state courts.

9.   Both sides in the legal malpractice field believe, though for different reasons, that a glut of lawyers has helped make malpractice suits more common.

10.   -- All limit medical malpractice suits, loosen medical antitrust law, and make it easier for more people to buy and keep private insurance.