Capping Malpractice Damage Awards Is the Cruelest Idea in Decades. Michael J. Saks.
by Saks, Michael J; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 9Health. Publisher: KRT News Service, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Damages | Health care reform | Insurance -- Health -- Law and legislation | Insurance -- Malpractice | Medical care -- Cost of | Physicians -- MalpracticeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The idea of capping the non-economic damage awards that medical malpractice defendants owe their victims is currently the most popular reform suggested for the civil justice system. It also is the cruelest and most illogical idea to come along in decades." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article explains why capping non-economic awards in malpractice cases is unfeasible.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Capping Malpractice Damage Awards Is the Cruelest Idea in Decades, Aug. 14, 2003; pp. n.p..
"The idea of capping the non-economic damage awards that medical malpractice defendants owe their victims is currently the most popular reform suggested for the civil justice system. It also is the cruelest and most illogical idea to come along in decades." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article explains why capping non-economic awards in malpractice cases is unfeasible.
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