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The Judgment Defense in Medical Malpractice

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1100 Virginia Ave. DC953.00, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA

  2. BalBrenner/Orthopaedic Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA & Lawrence H. Brenner JD

  3. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Lawrence H. Brenner JD

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Bal, B.S., Brenner, L.H. The Judgment Defense in Medical Malpractice. Clin Orthop Relat Res 471, 3405–3408 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3223-0

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