Working-attorney summaries of how med-mal cases move through specific courts. State pages cover the law; these cover the venue.
Cook County, Illinois medical-malpractice court practice: Law Division routing, no damages cap (Lebron), 40% aggregate hospital-lien cap, top hospitals, eight-f...
Harris County (Houston) Texas medical-malpractice court practice: 20+ District Court civil benches, $250K/defendant non-economic cap (TX HB4), Texas Medical Cen...
Los Angeles County medical-malpractice court practice: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, MICRA $470K non-death / $650K wrongful death, AB 35 three-tier cap stacking (up ...
Maricopa County (Phoenix) medical-malpractice practice: Superior Court civil divisions, Arizona constitutional no-cap rule (Art. 2 §31), Banner/Mayo/St. Joseph'...
Wayne County (Detroit) Michigan medical-malpractice practice: Wayne County Circuit Court Civil Division, MCL §600.1483 tiered cap (~$535K / ~$955K higher-tier),...
Bronx County NY medical-malpractice court practice: Bronx County Supreme Court, no statutory damages cap, CPLR 5031 future-damage structuring, Montefiore/Jacobi...
Kings County (Brooklyn) NY medical-malpractice court practice: Kings County Supreme Court, no NY damages cap, CPLR 5031 future-damages structure, Kings County H...
Philadelphia County PA medical-malpractice court practice: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Trial Division, Pa.R.C.P. 1006(a.1) venue rule, MCARE Act framewor...
Miami-Dade County FL medical-malpractice court practice: 11th Judicial Circuit Civil Division, Fla. Stat. §766.106 pre-suit notice, no damages cap (Kalitan), Ja...
Orange County CA medical-malpractice court practice: Orange County Superior Court, MICRA 2026 ($470K/$650K), AB 35 three-tier stacking, UC Irvine / Hoag / CHOC ...
Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) OH medical-malpractice court practice: Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, R.C. §2323.43 tiered cap ($350K standard / $500K-$1M c...
King County (Seattle) WA medical-malpractice court practice: King County Superior Court, no damages cap (Sofie v. Fibreboard 1989), UW Medical Center / Harborvi...
Fulton County (Atlanta) GA medical-malpractice court practice: Fulton County Superior Court, no enforceable non-econ cap post-Nestlehutt 2010, O.C.G.A. §44-14-4...
Middlesex County MA medical-malpractice court practice: Middlesex Superior Court, G.L. c. 231 §60B tribunal screening, $500K cap with permanent-loss waiver, Mou...
St. Louis County MO medical-malpractice court practice: 21st Judicial Circuit, R.S.Mo §538.210 $450K non-econ cap (higher catastrophic tier), Barnes-Jewish / Me...