A proposed amendment currently before the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee would, if enacted, grant the state legislature the authority to create statutes establishing the venue of a civil lawsuit.

The introduction of House Bill 2660 warns against a possible rule change to Rule 1006 subdivision (a.1) in the works that stands to reverse restrictions from the early 2000s limiting where a medical malpractice liability suit may be filed.

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