Pennsylvania Legal News

Pa. medical malpractice case filings continue to decline

Posted in News by bobloblawsblog on April 16, 2008

The number of cases filed was down significantly from 2002, the year before the state Supreme Court instituted rules to prevent venue shopping for sympathetic juries and required lawyers to secure a certificate of merit for their cases, and the state legislature created a fund to help subsidize malpractice insurance as part of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCare) Act.

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