Daily News | Philly’s medical malpractice cases surge as new state rule goes into effect
Late last year, the family of a 9-year-old boy who fractured his jaw at a Nemours Children’s Hospital clinic in Montgomery County was ready to sue for negligent care.allowed them to try their case in a Philadelphia courtroom, instead of the county where the injury occurred.Philadelphia juries tend to decide medical malpractice cases in favor of plaintiffs three times more often
who practices with the Philadelphia firm Wapner Newman. The suit claims the child passed out and injured himself in an examination room because hospital staff failed to tell his family he needed to stay off his feet in the minutes immediately after getting his shot.Nemours didn’t respond to a request for comment on the incident, which the lawsuit claims happened at an outpatient clinic in Collegeville.
lawyers to file a case anywhere in Pennsylvania. A suit can only be filed in a different county if at least one of the defendants does business there. At least 57 other cases tried in Philadelphia courts returned verdicts higher than $1 million between 2009 and 2021, the records showed.tends to move cases along more quickly than neighboring counties, lawyers say.
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