Medical Liability

PAMED opposes changes to the current venue rule.

The brief seeks to overturn a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that certified a class of plaintiffs in a case against the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

Get details on the potential impact on doctors, their staff, and patients if the Pa. Supreme Court adopts the plaintiff's theories.

The Superior Court concluded that it was improper for the plaintiffs to read text from a textbook to support their claims of negligence.

Contact your State Senator and urge them to support Senate Bill 1239.

The case examined the extent to which mental health professionals must warn third parties when a patient makes threats of serious bodily injury.

PAMED participated in the brief which was filed in support of the existing venue rule for medical professional liability actions.

PAMED believes physicians should be protected in any setting where they see COVID-19 patients. We are urging Governor Wolf and Pa. lawmakers to provide medical liability protection to health care workers in every place they see patients.

Get details on the order, including which health care settings and facilities are included.

A coalition of state medical societies led by PAMED called on the Pa. Supreme Court to suspend all pre-trial proceedings against healthcare practitioners during the COVID-19 emergency.

PAMED has created a detailed analysis of the venue report’s findings. We believe the LBFC study does little to support proposed changes to the current venue rule.

The Court reasoned that the Mental Health Procedures Act only applies to treatment decisions that supplement and aid or promote relief and recovery from mental illness.