11.   In addition, the Norwood bill would make it easier for consumers to sue health plans under state malpractice laws.

12.   It would be up to the states to decide whether their medical malpractice laws should allow such lawsuits.

13.   One Norwood provision that has drawn the loudest outcry from insurers and businesses would make it easier for consumers to sue health plans under state malpractice laws.

14.   Once independent review procedures have been exhausted, HMOs should be held accountable in state courts under traditional state malpractice law.

15.   Republican congressional leaders have been pushing for legislation that would tighten malpractice laws to cut down on frivolous lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals.

16.   Shortly after her mother arrived, Lewinsky called an unidentified family member and chose to retain Ginsburg, a lawyer whose specialty is medical malpractice law.

17.   Platzer, who specializes in medical malpractice law, insisted his client did not commit a criminal act because he is mentally impaired.