New York has the highest rate of medical malpractice in the U.S., with an average of 1.25 malpractice reports per practitioner between 1990 and 2023, according to a study from personal injury law firm Gatti, Keltner, Bienvenu & Montesi based on government records from the National Practitioner Data Bank.
The 10 states with the highest medical malpractice rates
