"There are huge benefits to mediation in these (medical malpractice) cases. In the mediation system, the litigation costs are reduced by 70-80 percent. Anything that cuts litigation costs is going to help with the insurance premiums."
-- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed. Rendell, addressing students at The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University today (March 25). The topic of Rendell's speech was "Medical Malpractice Liability Reform." For more quotes and pictures, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2004_03_25_rendell/index.html