The Washington State Supreme court made it easier to sue for medical malpractice on Thursday. The court has done away with a state law that required people who want to sue for malpractice produce a certificate of merit signed by a doctor.

In a ruling issued Thursday, seven of nine justices found that the requirement “unduly burdens theright of access to courts” which violates the separation of powers clause in the constitution. The law was originally designed to weed out frivolous lawsuits against medical care providers.

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A family of a young girl has brought charges against the operating plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist following the young girls death following an operating.

According to reports,  the girl was undergoing corrective plastic surgery when she began to have complications from the anesthesia.  The girl was rushed to a hospital where she would later die at.  Family members of the girl have brought suit stating that the doctors could have saved her life by acting earlier.  If the doctors were better trained they would have noticed initial signs of the complications and possibly been able to stop the girl from losing her life.

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In Missouri, medical malpractice claims have reached a record low. At the end of 2008, there were just over 3,000 medical malpractice cases pending against doctors, hospitals and health care providers.

According to a spokesman from the Insurance Department, that is the lowest number of pending cases in the last three decades. This is likely influenced by a 2005 law restricting these cases.

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In 2004, legislation was passed in Pennsylvania mandating that medical malpractice cases be filed in the county where the act took place. In the years since, this has meant a spike in malpractice cases for Montgomery County and a huge decrease in cases for Philadelphia.

In Montgomery County, where the average number of malpractice cases before 2004 was 20, there has been a 300% increase. In 2008, there were 58 malpractice cases, making Montgomery the county with the third largest amount of malpractice cases in the state.

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According to Public Citizen, medical malpractice payouts have declined for the third year in a row. In 2008, there were a recorded 11,037 payments made to medical malpractice victims, 31% lower than the average of all previous years.

Unfortunately, the decline in malpractice payouts does not mean that medical malpractice itself is on the decline. Instead, it means that victims of medical malpractice are increasingly not getting the restitution they deserve.

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