Docspud,

Your tort reform criterion #1 is fatally flawed. Time and time again doctors simply will not sanction one of their own, no matter how egregious the error it seems. I'm not saying never, but seldom enough to have the confidence of reasonable non-doctor observers. It's like they are prohibited from ratting out a fraternity brother. Since they will seldom, if ever, find that malpractice occurred, no awards will be given, so that panel, nor caps on awards are needed.

Sg