The Commonwealth’s legal climate has received another notorious distinction – this time as one of the country’s worst environments for nuclear judicial verdicts. The negative designation comes from the U.S. Chamber’s Institute of Legal Reform’s recently published Nuclear Verdicts report. The report defines a nuclear verdict as a jury verdict of $10 million or more in personal…
Coalition Updates: Health Care
PCCJR Website Receives National Recognition
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform’s website was recently recognized by the Service Industry Advertising Awards with a Bronze Award. The SIA Awards recognizes advertising excellence from service industry providers. In the 2021 competition, 1,500 entries were evaluated by a national panel of judges. Submissions were rated on execution, creativity, quality, consumer appeal and overall break through advertising content. …
What Will Huge Contingency Fees at the Expense of Health Care Get you? Your Name on Two Law Schools if You are Tom Kline!
One of Pennsylvania’s most notable personal injury lawyers is making sure his name leaves a lasting imprint on the Commonwealth’s legal landscape. Thomas Kline – a founding partner of Kline & Specter P.C. – has donated $50 million to two law schools at Drexel University and Duquesne University. As a result of these generous gifts (which are made…
Healthcare Will Suffer as Result of Venue Rule Rescission, PA House Panel Told
Earlier this week, a House Republican Policy Committee hearing delved into the negative impacts that could result from the Supreme Court’s recent decision to again allow forum shopping in medical liability cases in the Commonwealth. Testimony was provided by Dr. Michael R. Ripchinski, Chief Physician Executive, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, for the Hospital and Healthsystem…
PA Supreme Court Rescinds Twenty Year Old Venue Rule!
All it took was a one page order to rip the medical liability venue rule right out of the procedural rule book! Nearly twenty years of successfully preventing venue shopping has been assigned to the dust bin of history. Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced it was rescinding the state’s medical liability venue rule. Pennsylvania…
PCCJR Venue Opinion Piece Published in Scranton Times-Tribune
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform (PCCJR) continues to warn Pennsylvanians of the impact on health care should our Supreme Court allow venue shopping to return to medical liability cases. The following opinion piece ran in the Scranton Times-Tribune on July 28. It was written in response to an editorial filled with inaccuracies and misunderstandings of why medical…