The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is projecting that 60 percent fewer mass tort cases will be filed this year than were filed in 2011.
According to the First Judicial District’s statistics, there were 2,690 mass tort cases filed in 2011, which was the continuation of an influx of cases that started in 2009 after civil court leadership suggested that increased filings would benefit the court’s budget.
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