Internap is not the first; SoftLayer, Rackspace, Liquid Web, and New Servers (also known as BareMetalCloud.com) also provide access to the bare metal. You can count on more providers to join the fray as cloud computing users continue to demand that their managed hosting environments work like their native environments.
By quantifying the impact of the laws on the frequency of malpractice claims and the claim severity, we are able to obtain a measure on the extent to which apologies influence claims of medical malpractice. As of January 2009, 36 States (including Washington D.C.) have enacted various forms of apology laws.
Out of over 700 medical malpractice trials, only 52 had a settlement offer of $500,000 or more. Of course there are some medical malpractice cases that not make it to trial and do settle out of court. But to assume that these are the majority or that it is a quick process is just not the case. The Jury Verdict Reporter reports about 150 medical malpractice settlements each year in their publication.