21.   Measures that would lower barriers to medical malpractice lawsuits against the companies have been enacted in a number of states.

22.   Medical industry representatives have complained for years that malpractice lawsuits have been a major factor in the surge of health-care costs.

23.   Now Savage has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a physician and hospital in Chicago for allegedly misdiagnosing his case.

24.   Republicans are using Medicare as a platform to call for limits on malpractice lawsuits against doctors.

25.   San Juan Regional Medial Center settled a malpractice lawsuit by the family without admitting any fault.

26.   Sands said he knew of no malpractice lawsuits that had been filed in which e-mail played a role.

27.   Roughly half of all medical malpractice lawsuits nationally are settled before trial.

28.   She wants the fertility industry to act on its own to establish appropriate medical care rather than wait for malpractice lawsuits to force change.

29.   She said that she only learned what she had signed after she developed complications and filed a malpractice lawsuit.

30.   Since then, the advice to have VBACs has become more common and has led to a growing number of malpractice lawsuits, Fine said.