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Venue Hearing Set ** Do Judges have a “Gatekeeper” Role? ** Regulation Through Litigation ** In the News Venue Hearing Slated for Late June The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) has informed PCCJR that a hearing on the impact of the proposed medical malpractice venue rule change will be held June 25 and possibly also June 26 in…

New Appointments * Venue Shopping Mobilization * Who Started Med-Mal Debate? * In the News New Appointments to the Civil Procedural Rules Committee The Supreme Court has made two new appointments to the Civil Procedural Rules Committee. Clifford Rieders, Esq. is a plaintiffs attorney from Lycoming County whose areas of practice include medical malpractice, personal injury, and…

Medical Liability: A Threat * Necessity Defense * In the News Medical Liability: A Threat to PA Health Care, Even if Venue Rules Don’t Change While the proposal to allow venue shopping in medical liability cases has garnered most of the attention recently, new studies show that health care professionals in Pennsylvania are already suffering under…

Statute of Limitations * Workers Comp Judge Fired * Promoting Litigation Reform at PLC PA House Votes to Reform Statutes of Limitations for Child Sexual Abuse Cases This week the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation designed to provide a greater period of time to prosecute and bring civil actions against those…

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Attempts to Impact Policy in Attorney General’s Offices Was Pennsylvania’s Attorney General preparing to pursue climate change litigation when he applied for Bloomberg Philanthropies funded private attorneys to work in his office? Or was he contemplating another kind of environmental litigation or enforcement? These are some of the questions raised by the recent…

Help Wanted: PA Rules Committees ** Update on Venue Change Proposal ** Opposing Consent Jurisdiction ** Application for Fair Share Act Civil Justice Reform Minded-Lawyers Needed for Rules Committees If you share the PCCJR’s view that courts should treat all parties fairly and interpret statutes as intended by the legislature, please consider applying for one of the…