Asset Protection for Surgeons or How to Say No to Ambulance Chasers

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately one-half of all medical malpractice lawsuits are filed against surgeons,

[1] even though surgeons represent 14.5% of all practicing physicians.

[2] Surgeons, particularly plastic surgeons, are perceived by plaintiffs’ attorneys as desirable litigation targets as they earn on a nationwide average double what general practitioners earn.

[3] Higher earnings lead to greater wealth, and plastic surgeons find themselves facing numerous malpractice lawsuits. The vast majority of these lawsuits are frivolous (a plaintiff succeeds in only 1 out of every 4 medical malpractice lawsuits),