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The Role of Apology Laws in Medical Malpractice

Nina E. Ross and William J. Newman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online May 2021, JAAPL.200107-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200107-20
Nina E. Ross
Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.
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Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.
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    Apology Laws in the United States as of October 2020

    Full apology lawArizona31
    Colorado32
    Connecticut33
    Georgia34
    Ohio*36
    South Carolina36
    Vermont37
    Washington38
    Wisconsin39
    Partial apology law, with admissions of fault addressed as admissibleAlaska40
    California41
    District of Columbia42
    Delaware43
    Florida44
    Hawaii45
    Idaho46
    Indiana47,48
    Louisiana49
    Maine50
    Maryland51
    Michigan52
    Missouri53
    Montana54
    Nebraska55
    New Hampshire56
    Oregon57
    Pennsylvania58
    South Dakota59
    Tennessee60
    Texas61
    Virginia62
    Partial apology law, with admissions of fault not addressed in the statuteIllinois63
    Iowa64
    Massachusetts65
    North Carolina66
    North Dakota67
    Oklahoma68
    Utah69
    West Virginia70
    Wyoming71
    • *Initially applied as a partial apology law in Davis v. Wooster71 but later interpreted as a full apology law in Stewart v. Vivian.74

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