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http://www.citizen.org/congress/civj...es.cfm?ID=8798
According to the federal government’s National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), the median medical malpractice payment by a physician to a patient rose 35 percent from 1997 to 2001, from $100,000 to $135,000. By contrast, data from Jury Verdict Research (JVR), a private research firm, shows that awards rose 100 percent from 1997 to 2000, from $503,000 to $1 million. The reason for the huge difference, which is explained in more detail below: JVR collects only jury verdict information that is reported to it by attorneys, court clerks and stringers. The NPDB is the most comprehensive source of information that exists because it includes both verdicts and settlements. Ninety-six percent of all medical malpractice cases are settled, as opposed to decided by a jury, and settlements result in much lower awards than jury verdicts.
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Very misleading, and not where I try cases southeastern PA including Philly. BTW I have been a subcriber of JVR for at least 10 years now and their records are very flawed in many respects, none more so than the frequency they up date their data bases. For example they called me a few months ago to question me on a verdict I received in a Philly case almost 5 years ago. Those results were going to be included in the 2008 data base. Out of all of all of my trial verdicts (good or bad) they have only called me about that one. I use their data to provide
some guidence to clients, attorneys and insurance adjusters about the possible settlement and verdicts in particular cases. Needless to say I was not thrilled after learning about the reliability of their data collection process.