Medical Liability

Read PAMED's comments to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Civil Procedural Rules Committee.

The Court will await a study on the effects that changing venue rules could have on the commonwealth before it considers whether to make changes.

SR 20 calls for a measured approach to any future changes.

A total of 102 medical liability cases in Pennsylvania were tried via jury verdict in 2017.

The medical liability case has statute of limitations implications.

The order issued on July 18, 2018 blocks the state from enforcing Act 41 of 2018.

Get a timeline of events concerning the Pennsylvania's legislature's attempt to transfer $200 million from the JUA to the state's General Fund.

Get answers on whether certain professional liability insurance policies issued by the HPIX remain valid following HPIX’s liquidation.

Act 41 of 2018 includes amendments that place the JUA under the control of the state Dept. of Insurance.

An important court decision keeps alive a stabilizing force in Pennsylvania's medical malpractice insurance market for physicians in high-risk specialties.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has agreed to hear a medical liability case, stemming from a 2003 organ transplant, that questions the constitutionality of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act’s (MCARE) Statute of Repose.

On March 27, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the Peer Review Protection Act (PRPA) did not extend to a third-party health care provider contracting with a hospital to provide emergency department services. PAMED reviews the case and potential ramifications of the decision on Pennsylvania physicians.