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New York to expand special medical malpractice courts
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November 14, 2011
New York, NY New York State courts will be expanding their use of special medical malpractice courts following the success of Justice Douglas McKeon at resolving cases quickly in the Bronx County Supreme Court. Using a $3 million federal grant, judges from Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan and Erie County will be trained to employ McKeon's system which focuses on working closely with the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation to quickly resolve malpractice suits with settlements. Some have been critical of the new program, including Arthur Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers, who worries that the program may inappropriately coerce citizens into settlement. However, Leslie Kelmachter, president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, supported the program, telling the press, "There shouldn't be any pressure on the plaintiffs to settle. It should be voluntary." McKeon was optimistic about the proposed expansion, telling the press, "I always felt if you could extrapolate it across the state you could probably save a sizable sum of money."[1]
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