More than six in ten (61%) say patients bring “too many” malpractice lawsuits against doctors, while just one in ten (10%) say patients bring “too few”.

About two in ten (18%) say patients bring the right amount of lawsuits against doctors. About half (49%) of the public says juries award too much money in malpractice lawsuits. Three in ten (30%) say the amounts award are “about right” and just about one in ten (9%) say the awards should be higher.

Again, from these results we see a slightly larger share of the public saying that patients bring too many lawsuits than say that juries award too much money.