Doctors, patients, rally on opposite sides of malpractice bill

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Doctors crushed by rising insurance premiums want verdicts capped in medical malpractice cases. Victims of medical malpractice oppose such caps. <br> <br> Both sides have argued their cases before lawmakers for months. Wednesday, they planned side-by-side events at the Ohio Statehouse expected to attract hundreds. <br> <br> Ohio and Georgia are among 12 states the American Medical Association has identified as being in crisis because rising medical malpractice rates are reducing patients access to health care. <br> <br> Cleveland surgeon Daniel McLaughlin said he&#39;s attending the rally because he is concerned about the future of patients&#39; access to quality health care. <br> <br> Forty-four-year-old McLaughlin said medical malpractice insurance he and his partner buy rose from $25,000 in 2001 to $125,000 this year. <br> <br> The Ohio State Medical Association expects more than two-thousand doctors from around the state to attend.