The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School

Kathryn Zeiler

Kathryn Zeiler is Senior Academic Fellow at the Center while on sabbatical from Georgetown Law School during the Fall 2010 semester. Professor Zeiler is working on a co-authored book to be published by Yale University Press titled "To Sue is Human: A Profile of Medical Malpractice Litigation." The book will provide the most detailed empirical study of the performance of the medical malpractice system available to date. The project utilizes data on approximately 16,000 medical malpractice claims closed from 1988 to 2005 to study the liability system and insurance markets in Texas. She is also authoring a book chapter that will appear in the “Tort Law Handbook,” (edited by Jennifer Arlen). The chapter will report results from a meta-analysis of empirical research investigating the impacts of medical malpractice tort reform on payouts, claims rates and insurance premiums.

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Kathryn Zeiler

Kathryn Zeiler

 

Senior Academic Fellow

2010

 

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