Thinking now of medical lawsuits: Say you are injured by bad medical care, and you sue the doctor, hospital or drug company. Would you support or oppose a law saying the most you can get is $250,000, plus your actual losses for things like medical bills and lost income?
Responses by Region
East
Midwest
South
West
All
Support
57%
57%
44%
55%
52%
Oppose
39%
42%
55%
44%
47%
DK/No opinion
4%
1%
1%
1%
1%
Source: A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted by telephone January 12 - 16, 2005 among 1,007 randomly selected adults nationwide. Margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus three percentage points. Fieldwork by TNS of Horsham, PA.
