Doctors Fighting Tax Deduction for Lawyers

Say it will prompt filing of meritless med-mal lawusits

…Douglas K. Sheff, vice president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and a former MATA president, said the AMA’s claim that reversing the existing policy will create an incentive for attorneys to bring more frivolous cases against doctors is off base and “disingenuous.”

“That makes no sense whatsoever to me,” he said. “These people have no argument and are trying to spin one out of thin air,” Sheff said.