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PCCJR to Host CLE Class on Post-COVID Jury Trends

The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform will host a 2-credit CLE course in August. The program will include a panel discussion on post-COVID jury trends and the rise of Nuclear Verdicts in the Commonwealth. This virtual event will take place on Wednesday, August 9 from 10 a.m. to noon. The cost to participate is $15.…

High Medical Malpractice Jury Verdicts: “The Crisis is Here”

Pennsylvania is seeing a staggeringly high number of medical malpractice verdicts with devastating damage awards. Since January of 2023, the number of medical malpractice cases filed in Philadelphia’s notoriously verdict friendly Court of Common Pleas has sharply increased, as have the number of “nuclear” verdicts. The impact this negative trend is having on the Commonwealth’s health care…

Time to Put an End to Litigation Tourism

Philadelphia has long held the reputation of being one of the worst “judicial hellhole’s” in the country thanks to its notoriously plaintiff friendly, high-verdict court system. A key factor in this designation is Philadelphia’s Complex Litigation Center (CLC), which was created in 1992 to handle complex mass tort cases and quickly became a beacon for trial…