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To cut down on the number of lawsuits, patients pursuing a medical malpractice case would first have their case screened by a panel of experts. The panel would then advise the patient, who would be able to move forward regardless of the panel&#8217;s advice.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/2018\/08\/05\/kentucky-medical-malpractice-screening-panel-falls-flat\/865452002\/\">Courier Journal<\/a>, the panels have seen significant delays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garmerprather.com\/blog\/lawsuit-questions-the-constitutionality-of-medical-review-panels\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Lawsuit questions the constitutionality of medical review panels\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentuckians with medical malpractice claims have been fighting an uphill battle since the rollout of a new law aimed to protect physicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawsuit questions the constitutionality of medical review panels &#8212; 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