Welcome to the medical malpractice resource page of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. Included on this page are "med mal" statistics, important Rules of Civil Procedure governing professional liability actions and a variety of other reference materials and links. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive resource for all medical malpractice issues, but rather a source of malpractice information relating to the Pennsylvania judiciary.
Pennsylvania Court Rules
Pennsylvania Court Statistics
Press Releases
- April 20, 2010 - Latest Medical Malpractice Data Show Number of Cases and Verdicts Reach New Low
- April 9, 2009 - Latest Medical Malpractice Data Shows Stable Decline in Number of New Cases and Verdicts
- April 14, 2008 - Latest Medical Malpractice Data Shows Continued Decline in Number of Cases and Verdicts
- April 25, 2007 - Latest Medical Malpractice Data Show Stable Decline in Case Filings
- April 25, 2006 Latest Medical Malpractice Data Shows Sustained Decline in Case Filings
- December 5, 2005 Medical Malpractice Rules Amended to Clarify Certificate of Merit Requirements
- April 11, 2005 - Updated Medical Malpractice Data Shows Continued Decline in Case Filings
- February 11, 2005 - Medical Malpractice Rule Amended to Clarify Certificate of Merit Requirement
- December 27, 2004 - Med Mal Rules’ Changes to Further Improve Data Collection
- December 1, 2004 - Court Announces Civil Rules Amendment to Clarify Med-Mal Litigation Procedure
- September 20, 2004 - Supreme Court Adopts Rules Governing Reduction of Awards
- September 15, 2004 - Med Mal Seminars Planned for Pennsylvania's Trial Court Judges
- August 20, 2004 - One-Stop Shop for Court "Med-Mal" Info Created
- July 28, 2004 - One-Stop Shop for Court "Med-Mal" Info Created
- March 29, 2004 - Rules Changes Promote Mediation, Streamline Case Processing
- March 18, 2004 - Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Favorable Trends from Preliminary Data
Recent Pennsylvania Litigation
Links