A part of the Obama administration’s approval of $25 million worth of grants to be distributed to state health departments, universities, and medical centers to reduce medical malpractice will go to a judge’s innovative approach to medical malpractice cases.

$3 million are going to implementing New York Judge Douglas McKeon’s “judge-directed negotiations” techniques nationwide in order to test and see if his approach could reform and reduce medical malpractice lawsuits.

McKeon calls his approach “judge-directed negotiations” or “humanness”.  He says, “I don’t discuss settlement offers with families right away … I just say, tell me a little bit about your loved one”.   McKeon has specialized in medical malpractice cases in his career and presides over all cases involving New York City hospitals in the Bronx and Manhattan.  His approach has saved hospitals over $50 million a year.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical malpractice, contact the New Jersey medical malpractice attorneys at Levinson Axelrod P.A. at 800-346-5529 to learn more about your rights.