Philadelphia Takes Nearly Half of State Funded Medical Lawsuit Payouts.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | September 22, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Josh Goldstein

Sep. 22--Across Pennsylvania, the number of medical-malpractice awards for $1 million or more is down for the second year in a row. But Philadelphia is still the leader in juries awarding millions to injured patients.

And overall, Philadelphia awards and settlements make up nearly half of the record $348 million paid out by a state fund in the last 12 months.

That Philadelphia continues to be the epicenter of large awards and settlements strengthens the statewide push by doctors and hospitals to have malpractice cases tried ...

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