Medical malpractice claims at 17-year low

Sunday, April 18, 2004

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Fewer medical malpractice claims were filed and paid in 2003 than in any year since Missouri's laws on personal injury lawsuits were revised in 1986, the state Insurance Department said Friday.

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