改革中的美国医疗纠纷诉讼

多年以来美国医学界试图修改目前适用于医疗纠纷的民事赔偿法部分条款，但未获进展。近年来在医疗纠纷诉讼中律师收费形式有所改变，即在医疗责任保险公司和辩护律师事务所之间建立一种特殊的代理关系，在收费方面双方谈判，保险公司按医师购买的年度责任保险度的一定比例付给律师事务所。这一付费方法与传统的按法律服务时间收费体系比较，具有较高的效率，较好的成本－效果。

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Reform In America

Organized medicine in the United States has spent a great deal of attempting to revise the legal trot system, but has little progress. In recent years, there are some reform in medical malpractice cases. The reform is founding an exclusive relationship between the liability insurance carrier and a defense law firm. Rathcr than using the old billable hours system to charge for its services, the defense law firm negotiates a yearly retainer based upon a percentage of the annual liability insurance premiums paid. This reform has resulted in a more efficient and cost-effective.