Judge Refuses To Allow Confidential Medical Malpractice Settlement

Many patient rights advocates are praising a judge's recent refusal to seal a medical malpractice settlement and are encouraging others to take the same stance. The judge's decision in the case bucked the common practice within the legal community of allowing settlements of lawsuits to be filed confidentially. "In medical cases, the practice puts the public at risk by shielding sub-par physicians from public disclosure of their mistakes," said Paul Lyon, spokesman for The Committee For Justice For All, a non-profit group that advocates for plaintiffs' rights in civil litigation.

Defendants often request medical malpractice settlements be confidential and often make settlement contingent on it. Read more about the drawbacks to making medical malpractice settlements confidential.

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