Michigan Medical Malpractice Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties
 

Michigan - Presents findings on medical malpractice cases disposed of by jury and bench trial in general jurisdiction courts in the nation's 75 largest counties. Information is provided on the types of injuries claimed by plaintiffs, plaintiff winners, and compensatory and punitive monetary damages awarded to plaintiff winners in medical malpractice trials. Trend data for medical malpractice jury trial litigation are also presented.

Highlights include the following:

• 90% of medical malpractice trials involved plaintiffs who claimed malpractice had caused death or permanent injury.
• About half of the sampled medical malpractice trials were brought against surgeons, while a third were against non-surgeons.
• The overall win rate for medical malpractice plaintiffs (27%) were about half of that found among plaintiffs in all tort trials (52%).