Here are the 10 states with the highest medical malpractice payouts per capita in 2013, according to the 2014 Medical Malpractice Payout Analysis by Diederich Healthcare.
• New York — $38.83
• Pennsylvania — $24.76
• New Jersey — $23.24
• Massachusetts — $22.37
• Connecticut — $20.98
• District of Columbia — $19.31
• Maryland — $19.27
• Rhode Island — $17.40
• New Hampshire — $16.99
• Illinois — $15.64
Note: For the report, Diederich Healthcare conducted an analysis of the medical malpractice payouts in 2013 as recorded by the National Practitioner Data Bank.