{"id":115,"date":"2016-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/do-apology-laws-actually-work\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:17","slug":"do-apology-laws-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/do-apology-laws-actually-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Do apology laws actually work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we highlighted the prospective success of safe harbor provisions, which essentially protect physicians who want to give alternative recommendations when medical procedures don\u2019t go as planned. These provisions are envisioned as a way to improve health care; which in turn, may limit medical malpractice lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are also apology laws that encourage physicians to express regret and sympathy when patients are injured due to medical errors. Aside from giving an avenue to humanize doctors, it also appears that apology laws may help to resolve medical malpractice cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwig5PmswPjMAhVENiYKHXSdCpMQFgggMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.renalandurologynews.com%2Faua-2016-misc-urinary-problems%2Fapology-laws-found-to-speed-up-malpractice-litigatio\" target=\"_blank\">According to a study<\/a> produced by the American Urological Association, the mean litigation length was just over three years in states that had apology laws compared to 5.6 years in states without such laws. The goal behind these laws is to encourage apologies without the threat of litigation, as a physician\u2019s expressions of regret or sympathy could be used in future litigation in New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/do-apology-laws-actually-work\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Do apology laws actually work?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we highlighted the prospective success of safe harbor provisions, which essentially protect physicians who want to give alternative recommendations when medical procedures don\u2019t go as planned. These provisions are envisioned as a way to improve health care; which in turn, may limit medical malpractice lawsuits. However, there are also apology laws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do apology laws actually work? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; May 27, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do apology laws actually work? - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/do-apology-laws-actually-work\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Do apology laws actually work? 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