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AP Poll: Americans want medical malpractice reform
11/19/2009 4:51 PM By Chris Rizo 

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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The majority of Americans say federal lawmakers ought to make it more difficult for allegedly aggrieved patients to sue for medical malpractice, a poll Thursday indicates.

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  Cornyn: Reid's proposed Senate health care bill will have negative impact
  11/19/2009 3:49 PM By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn 

  Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074-page health care bill, which Senate Budget Committee analysis shows will cost American taxpayers $2.5 trillion when fully implemented over 10 years.
  
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  Texas AG defends state medical malpractice reforms
  11/19/2009 11:29 AM By Chris Rizo 

  AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-The Texas attorney general has urged the state Supreme Court to leave intact medical malpractice reforms.
  
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  Recent real estate foreclosures filed in Jefferson County
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  This Just In: Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts
  11/19/2009 9:47 AM By David Yates 

  Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts, Nov. 6-13, 2009
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