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Jury Verdict Research Medical Malpractice Verdict and Settlement Study Released: Median Med Mal Jury Award Jumps 43%, But Med Mal Plaintiffs Lose More Than 60% of the Time in Jury Trials.

Business Wire | March 22, 2002 | Copyright

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HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2002

Jury awards in medical malpractice claims jumped 43% in one year -- from $700,000 in 1999 to $1 million in 2000.

But plaintiffs lost the majority of their cases that went to a jury in 2000, according to Jury Verdict Research's(R) report, Medical Malpractice: Verdicts, Settlements and Statistical Analysis. 

 
 
 
        National Jury-Award Median in Medical Malpractice Cases 
 
            Year                Median Award 
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