Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
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This survey of 1,097 Fellows resulted in usable data from 336 surgeons, of whom 129 had claims (n = 212) against them from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1989. Risk by specialty varied greatly, but population of practice area seemed unimportant. ⋯ We were unable to identify any repeat "itinerant" plaintiffs' expert witnesses from this five-year period in Tennessee. It seems obvious that surgeons, even those who have been sued, pay little attention to even the identification of opposing expert witnesses.