The report includes responses from more than 4,300 physicians in 29 specialties and was published Nov. 19.
Here are the 10 states with the most malpractice suits:
- Indiana: 64 percent
- New York: 61 percent
- Pennsylvania: 61 percent
- Illinois: 59 percent
- New Jersey: 59 percent
- South Carolina: 58 percent
- Louisiana: 57 percent
- Tennessee: 56 percent
- North Carolina: 55 percent
- Maryland: 54 percent
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