The number of medical malpractice case filings dipped last year to the lowest point since statewide tracking began in 2000, according to data compiled by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC).
There were 1,463 new cases filed in Pennsylvania’s civil courts in 2014, marking the fewest ever recorded. That AOPC said the latest filings represent a 46.5 percent decline from the number posted in the “base years” of 2000-02.
In Philadelphia, the state’s judicial district with the largest caseload, the decline has been 68.3 percent during the same period.
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