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State Must Address Rate of Medical Malpractice  (8/13/03)
New 2002 Government Data Disputes Malpractice Lawsuit "Crisis" in West Virginia  (7/8/2003)
Industry Insiders Admit Over and Over Again: Insurance Business Practices and Investment Cycle to Blame for Insurance Liability “Crisis”  (pdf 6/2/2003)
Industry Insiders Admit – And History Shows: Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates  (pdf, 6/2/2003)
"Bad Faith" Insurers  (2/21/2003)
Insurance Industry Doesn't Want to Play Fair  (2/14/2003)
Spin Docs & Insurance Bucks Push "Tort Reform" Through Judiciary (1/31/03)
Critique of HB 2122 - Med Mal "Tort Reform":  A comparison of HB2122 to the Governor's original proposal and other states actions  (1/28/03)

It's Simple  - mpg video of TV ad sponsored by WV Consumers and Victims Coalition for Insurance Reform  approx 3mb (1/17/03)

House Panders to Docs & Insurance Companies in Passing "Tort Reform"  (1/16/02)
Panel urges no malpractice changes (1/7/ 03)
The Malpractice Crisis by Ralph Nader  (1/6/03)
Doctors, Insurance Lobby Perpetuating Misleading Stories about Medical Malpractice Liability Premiums - Public Citizen Media Alert  (1/3/03)
Lawsuits Save the Lives of Seniors (pdf)
Medical Malpractice Insurance: Stable Losses/Unstable Rates
Center for Justice and Democracy Responds to 60 Minutes (pdf) (11/27/02)