Growth in German GDP during the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 made up for the weaker economies in the south, and is frequentlycitedas the reason the Euro Zone did not slip into a recession.
Alan Greenspan, chairman of America's Federal Reserve, has frequentlycited geopolitical uncertainty as an explanation for the fragile nature of the American recovery.
The Mississippi cases face an uphill fight, as lawyers and physicians have frequentlycited confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege to refuse to turn over documents.