Beginning Dec. 1, New York will expand its courts specializing in medical malpractice cases to Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Funded by a $3 million federal grant, the program will train the judges on medical malpractice issues in hopes of duplicating the successes of Bronx Judge Douglas McKeon who has worked hospitals to settle cases early and reduce administrative costs.
New York Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau will serve as coordinating judge of the court's medical malpractice segment. She will also take medical malpractice cases in Brooklyn, according to the report.
Approximately 4,000 medical malpractice cases are filed in New York each year.
Funded by a $3 million federal grant, the program will train the judges on medical malpractice issues in hopes of duplicating the successes of Bronx Judge Douglas McKeon who has worked hospitals to settle cases early and reduce administrative costs.
New York Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau will serve as coordinating judge of the court's medical malpractice segment. She will also take medical malpractice cases in Brooklyn, according to the report.
Approximately 4,000 medical malpractice cases are filed in New York each year.