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Here are the states where medical malpractice runs rampant — and NY is among the top

Nypost · · 405 words · By Jeanne Erickson
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Here are the states where medical malpractice runs rampant — and NY is among the top See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google The Empire State — and particularly New York City — is known for having some of the finest doctors and medical care in the world, yet it still ranks second in the nation for medical malpractice, reported a new study.

Common ground

While the state employs nearly 55,000 medical practitioners, it also recorded 5,321 medical malpractice payments between 2022 and 2026, according to research conducted by High Rise Financial.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/medical-malpractice-runs-rampant-in-new-yo…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Unlike many other states, New York does not place a legal limit on damages for pain and suffering”
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Claim 2: “New York’s malpractice rate of 97.2 per 1,000 practitioners topped neighboring Pennsylvania with 95.9 reports, Florida with 83.0 and New Jersey with 76.1.”
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The specific breakdown of rates for New York (97.2), Pennsylvania (95.9), Florida (83.0), and New Jersey (76.1) is found in only one of the provided search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Good Samaritan Hospital or Good Samaritan Medical Center may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_Hospital
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions. Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas Methodist Dallas Medica…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Hospital
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Pennsylvania
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Claim 3: “The doctor resigned, and the patient later received $1.75 million.”
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Multiple sources confirm the settlement amount of $1.75 million and the fact that the patient dropped claims against the hospital.
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web search NEUTRAL — Under the terms of the settlement, the patient, Dr. Liana Gedz, a dentist, will receive $1.75 million, according to people who were involved in the settlement talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/12/nyregion/patient-settles-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Liana Gedz will receive $1.75 million and drop her claim against Beth Israel Medical Center, The New York Times reported yesterday, citing sources involved in the settlement talks. Dr. Allan Zarkin, 6…
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000213/4004635/re…
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Times reported Saturday that Liana Gedz will receive $1.75 million in exchange for her dropping her claim against Beth Israel Medical Center where Zarkin assaulted her.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortionist-carver-settles…
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Claim 4: “it also recorded 5,321 medical malpractice payments between 2022 and 2026, according to research conducted by High Rise Financial.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that High Rise Financial research recorded 5,321 medical malpractice payments in New York between 2022 and 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1975, New York City had a severe fiscal crisis after accumulating $14 billion of debt, of which $6 billion was short-term debt. The city ran out of money in its budget, and had an operating deficit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_New_York_City_fiscal_cris…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York City is the most populous city in the United States, with a metropolitan area population of over 20 million as of 2026. Its skyline is one of the largest in the world, and the largest in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Sara Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American conservative journalist and author who has also worked as a financial reporter and news anchor. She was the host of Mornings with Maria an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Bartiromo
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Claim 5: “the state employs nearly 55,000 medical practitioners”
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The claim that New York employs nearly 55,000 medical practitioners is reported by multiple independent web sources citing the same study.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York state, is a state located in the Northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Canada to its north, New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly
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Claim 6: “the Empire State — and particularly New York City — ... ranks second in the nation for medical malpractice, reported a new study.”
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Different sources provide conflicting rankings. One source states New York has been ranked the 'worst state' (1st), while another source (RP Legal Group) identifies Louisiana as the state with the worst rate. The claim that it ranks 'second' is not consistently supported across the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York most commonly refers to: New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of the state of N…
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Claim 7: “North Dakota recorded just 11.3 reports per 1,000 practitioners.”
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The specific figure of 11.3 reports per 1,000 practitioners for North Dakota is only mentioned in one source.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York’s malpractice rate of 97.2 per 1,000 practitioners topped neighboring Pennsylvania with 95.9 reports, Florida with 83.0 and New Jersey with 76.1. North Dakota recorded just 11.3 reports per 1…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/medical-malpractice-ru…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1. There are 250,000 medical malpractice deaths each year. (Source: Hopkins Medicine). Malpractice in healthcare is the third leading cause of death in the US, right after cancer and heart disease.
https://thehighcourt.co/medical-malpractice-statistics/
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web search NEUTRAL — The rate of paid medical malpractice claims fell between 2002 and 2013 as insurance costs flattened or decreased in many markets, according to an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medi…
https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/medical-malpractice-ra…
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Claim 8: “surgeon Allan Zarkin — dubbed “Dr. Zorro” — who in 1999 carved his initials into Liana Gedz’s abdomen after delivering her baby via Caesarean section at Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan.”
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Multiple high-quality sources, including The New York Times, confirm that Dr. Allan Zarkin carved his initials into Liana Gedz's abdomen during a C-section at Beth Israel in 1999.
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web search NEUTRAL — Liana Gedz settles lawsuit against Dr Allan Zarkin, who carved his initials into her skin after delivering her baby by Caesarean section; she also drops claim against Beth Israel Medidcal Center in Ma…
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/12/nyregion/patient-settles-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Back in 1999, Dr. Allan Zarkin, a Manhattan obstetrician, performed a Caesarian section to deliver the first child of his patient, Dr. Liana Gedz, a dentist. Gedz had every reason to trust her physici…
https://www.medicalbag.com/features/allan-zarkin/
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web search NEUTRAL — Beth Israel was accused of failing to file the proper reports after Zarkin carved “AZ” into Gedz’s abdomen and for not having monitored him closely, despite prior complaints that his behavior had been…
https://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/30/remembering-when-an-abor…
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Claim 9: “In January 2026, Fox Varian, 22, ... won $2 million in a landmark lawsuit against New York doctors accused of pushing a life-altering double mastectomy on her when she was just 16 years old — the first “detransition” malpractice lawsuit in the nation to go to trial and win.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a lawsuit by Fox Varian in January 2026.
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Claim 10: “Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian agreed to pay a staggering $165 million to 147 former patients victimized by disgraced gynecologist Robert Hadden.”
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Claim 11: “Only New Mexico ranked higher at 115.7 malpractice reports per 1,000 practitioners.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that New Mexico had the highest rate at 115.7 malpractice reports per 1,000 practitioners.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 491 (US 491) is a north–south U.S. Highway serving the Four Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666 (US 666). With the US 666 designat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_491
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 550 (US 550) is a spur of U.S. Highway 50 that runs from Bernalillo, New Mexico to Montrose, Colorado in the western United States. The section from Silverton to Ouray is frequently called …
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Claim 12: ““Sound of Music” star Julie Andrews sued Mount Sinai Hospital and two doctors in December 1999, stating that a botched throat operation to remove non-cancerous nodes destroyed her professional singing voice.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the lawsuit by Julie Andrews against Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Claim 13: “Statistics show that Brooklyn consistently leads the five boroughs in total medical malpractice filings and high-payout verdicts in the five boroughs.”
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