NH Senate Medical Malpractice bill

A couple of days ago I wrote briefly about the House Bill that was to set up a review system for medical malpractice lawsuits in New Hampshire.  See my post here.

Yesterday the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee passed a different version of this bill.  The Senate's version would require that all New Hampshire Medical Negligence cases appear before a panel with three members, A judge, a lawyer and a doctor.  If the panel found unanimously that the malpractice case had no merit then that finding would be admissible in court.  This is Senate Bill 214.  Why not allow a unanimous finding of malpractice to be admissible as well?

The committee eliminated the requirement of a "mini-trial"  I think that is a good move for all involved.  Trying a case twice (Once to the panel and then once to the jury) just makes this more expensive for all.

Source:  The Union Leader