>> sure, there's doctors with bad records that are brain ipra. >> reporter: less than 2% of doctors are responsible for more man half of all malpractice settlements. >> it's a small portion that cause the bulk of the problem and worse, 1 in 7 have had action taken against them in any state. >> reporter: meaning most are practicing? >> yes. >> when you buy a car, it's has carfax, it's like a doctor should have a doctorfax. >> reporter: jeremy's mother was operated on by dr. svabek, google him and you will not find anything about his list of malpractice settlements in indiana or the three that he received recently from the florida medical board. >> we don't have any comment on the questions no. >> reporter: the indiana board was made aware of his problems in florida. so we traveled to indianapolis for the hearing. if you had a chance to speak to the board, what would you say? >> how many more lives are you going to allow him to ruin? >> reporter: when the case came up, we were surprised to see that not only was the doctor not present he didn't even have a know attorney to represent him. >