SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT



                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                              Exchange Act of 1934



        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 2, 2008

                            ProAssurance Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                  001-16533                    63-1261433
(State of Incorporation)      (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer I.D. No.)


     100 Brookwood Place, Birmingham, Alabama                    35209
       (Address of Principal Executive Office )                 (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (205) 877-4400


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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

         The Court of Appeals in  Washington,  D.C.  has  affirmed a lower court
judgment  against  ProAssurance's  subsidiary,  NCRIC.  The judgment was pending
against  NCRIC when it was acquired by  ProAssurance  in 2005 and has been fully
reserved.  We are considering  options for further  appellate  review but in the
event we pay the judgment in full we believe  there will be no financial  impact
to ProAssurance.

         The  information in Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act"),  or otherwise  subject to the liability of such  section,  nor shall such
information  be  deemed  incorporated  by  reference  in any  filing  under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933  or  the  Exchange  Act,  regardless  of  the  general
incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.



SIGNATURE
         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 3, 2008

                                           PROASSURANCE CORPORATION
                                           by:  /s/ Frank B. O'Neil
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                                                    Frank B. O'Neil
                                                    Senior Vice-President


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