It has long been a position of those who wish to promulgate tort reform that underlying malpractice claims cause physicians to practice defensive medicine. Defensive medicine essentially means that doctors are ordering extra tests, taking extra precautions, and are being overly protective of their practices so as to over-treat patients. Tort reform laws are statutes…

A summary of the court’s decision follows. Groner argues that his proposed taking is nonetheless constitutional under § 204(b)(9) of the Eminent Domain Code, 26 Pa. C.S. § 204(b)(9). We do not agree. That section provides that Pennsylvania’s statutory prohibition against use of eminent domain “for private enterprise” does not apply where “[t]he property is used or to be…