The doctors have sued the government, challenging a ban on the procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion.

A wise former judge once told me, "Patients who like their doctors don't sue, no matter what the lawyer says."

The doctor could potentially sue him for Copyright Infringement any time he wanted in the future.

By the time construction was nearly completed, the architect and the doctor were suing each other.

In fact, from where I sit now, I'm surprised more doctors sued for malpractice aren't drawn to it.

The doctors sued under a provision of the federal law that protects access to abortion clinics and won a $120 million verdict, which was upheld on appeal.

Patients and doctors will sue to get paid for care that a health plan has rejected as inappropriate.

The doctor then sued the members of committee, along with a clinic, charging that they had made unwarranted attacks on his competence because he was a competitor.

"Even when the patient sues, it probably isn't a major attention getter," he said, "but that's not the case when the doctor sues."

The doctor in the Yale case is suing the university for monetary damages, punitive damages and lawyers' fees.