PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE DOESN’T TRUST JURIES

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE DOESN’T TRUST JURIES

PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE DOESN’T TRUST JURIES 150 150 Dan Frith

Every day jurors decide whether people live or die. Now, the medical and insurance lobbies are pushing a proposal that assumes those same jurors can’t be trusted to sit in judgment of doctors and hospitals in malpractice cases.

“Health Courts” are the latest salvo in the war being waged by powerful health-care special interests against the constitutional right of injured patients to have their cases decided by juries. A bill is pending in Congress to set up pilot programs in 10 states, and legislation has been introduced in the Pennsylvania Legislature to divert all medical malpractice cases to special legal venues. Read the article here.

Is anyone looking out for the consumer of health care?

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Dan Frith

Dan Frith has over 25 years of experience representing individuals and families in cases of medical malpractice throughout Virginia. He has been named "Best Medical Malpractice Attorney" by Roanoker Magazine and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. To speak with Dan, contact him by email at dfrith@frithlawfirm.com.

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