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  • Republicans Try Again to Curb Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

    04/06/2004 11:48:03 PM PDT · by Indy Pendance · 5 replies · 226+ views
    AP ^ | 4-7-04 | Jesse J. Holland
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans are trying for a third time to persuade Democrats to curb medical malpractice lawsuits and help alleviate what proponents of limits call a health care crisis. "The ultimate victims are the patients who see their access to care, to that obstetricians, to that emergency room, to that trauma center, threatened and in some cases, that access totally disappearing," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Tuesday as the Senate prepared for another vote on medical malpractice legislation. Republicans on Wednesday will try to overcome a Democratic blockade on the medical malpractice legislation. Senate Republicans and...
  • Injury payouts may be capped at $250,000

    10/01/2002 9:01:22 AM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 14 replies · 231+ views
    SMH ^ | 10/2/02 | Linda Morris
    Damages awards for pain and suffering would be capped nationwide at $250,000 under a sweeping overhaul of negligence law designed to stem the growth in insurance costs and make it harder for people to sue. The final report of a panel appointed by the Federal Government to review liability laws also recommends that lawyers be limited in what they can earn from small personal injury cases and that the test be tightened for negligence action. Councils and other public authorities would be given a new "policy" defence to fight claims for road deaths and injuries arising from potholes and deteriorating...