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MADISON – Lawmakers to reintroduce bill allowing doctor apology without fear of malpractice suit

Leaders of the state Legislature’s health committees plan to reintroduce a bill to make apologies by health care providers inadmissible in malpractice cases.

 

“The goal … is to provide medical professionals with the ability to express condolences or apologies to patients or their families without fear of frivolous malpractice lawsuits,” Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, and Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, wrote Monday in an email seeking co-sponsors.

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Leaders of the state Legislature's health committees plan to reintroduce a bill to make apologies by health care providers inadmissible in malpractice cases.

 

"The goal ... is to provide medical professionals with the ability to express condolences or apologies to patients or their families without fear of frivolous malpractice lawsuits," Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, and Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, wrote Monday in an email seeking co-sponsors.

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