Philadelphia City Hall in downtown Philadelphia, PA, on April 3, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMThe Defense Bar Is Feeling the Strain: Busy Med Mal Trial Schedules Might Be Phila.'s 'New Normal'
“We’re going to get busier with more cases filed,” Marshall Dennehey shareholder Gary Samms said. “So for the group of people that try a lot of the cases, there’s going to be no relief for us.”
December 03, 2024 at 03:31 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is on track to ramp up its already-high volume trial schedule next year.
- The double-bookings and back-to-back trials of the last two years may become the norm.
- The aggressive trial scheduling is particularly affecting the finite slate of defense lawyers who regularly try medical malpractice cases.
It’s looking like the heavy workloads that have slammed many of Philadelphia’s medical malpractice lawyers over the last two years might be here to stay.
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is preparing to ramp up its already high-volume trial schedule next year in order to manage an influx of medical malpractice filings. With the increased rate of filings expected to hold steady going forward, back-to-back trials and double-bookings may be turning into the norm for some contingents of Philadelphia’s medical malpractice bar.
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