Antonino Barletta

This study analyses the main legal issues arising in the field of the medical liability litigation. In particular, the author outlines the problems related to the existence of a large number of proceedings (even though the damage compensation claims are usually not as relevant) and the burdens connected to their management in charge of the medical operators and of the insurance companies, notwithstanding the possible negative outcome of the litigation. Subsequently the author identifies the possible advantages, as well as the limits connected to the resort to the devices of alternative dispute resolution, describing the most significant experiences in the field of the conciliation and the mediation.