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Article:	Most Illinois medical malpractice cases settle before trial, report says WASHINGTON - From 2000-2004, few medical malpractice insurance claims in Illinois and six other states closed with a payout to the person seeking compensation, with most settling before a trial, according to a Justice Department report released Sunday. In Illinois, where the debate over medical malpractice reform has caused fireworks for many years, only about 12 percent of closed claims involving physicians or surgeons resulted in a payout. Of those claims, however, 17 percent generated payments of $1 million or more.
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