Venue changes the Pennsylvania Supreme Court enacted more than 15 years ago to combat what some saw as out-of-control medical malpractice litigation worked well. Possibly too well, according to some. And now a court rules committee for the high court is proposing to roll back some of those changes.

The state Supreme Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee last month proposed rule changes that would allow injured plaintiffs to sue in any venue where the health care provider defendants regularly do business. As the rules stand, plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases are limited to suing in the venue where the injury occurred.

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