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Word: docketsearch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Merchandising computer lists of bad-risk clients has spread to other fields. Chicago-based Docketsearch Network Corp. has compiled the names of 2.2 million Americans who have filed medical-malpractice, product-liability or personal-injury lawsuits. Doctors who subscribe to its $150-a-year Physician's Alert service can call a special toll-free number, give a prospective patient's name, and within 25 seconds find out if the individual has a penchant for filing lawsuits and ought to be handled with care. This summer Docketsearch plans to expand its listings to include records of bankruptcies, tax liens and workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: An Electronic Assault on Privacy? | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

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