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Technology,
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech

Jul. 17, 2026

How AI rewrites the medical malpractice script

AI is reshaping medical malpractice litigation and creating new liability risks for physicians who don't adopt widely used diagnostic tools.

Paul J. Molinaro

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Alternative Resolution Centers

Chapman University SOL; Orange CA

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How AI rewrites the medical malpractice script
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 "A bad outcome is not synonymous with bad medicine."

As a practicing physician-who also happens to be a lawyer-I've lost count of the number of times I've witnessed shock and disbelief on the faces of doctors sued for malpractice, and of plaintiffs who believe they've been subjected to negligence, when they discover that the law doesn't require doctors to be perfect. It doesn't ev...

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