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AZ allows law limiting choice of experts in medical practice suits
The Arizona Supreme Court has voted to uphold a 2005 law that limited who qualifies as an expert patients can enlist in their defense during medical malpractice suits. The statute states that anyone... Read more...
TX may change medical malpractice law
In 2003, Texas approved a constitutional amendment limiting non-economic damage in medical liability cases to $250,000 for physicians. Since then, liability insurance rates have fallen and doctors... Read more...
Judge overturns GA's medical malpractice damages limit
A Georgia judge has struck down the state's cap on monetary awards in medical practices, a move that could remake the state's 2005 tort reform law. The judge held that the state's $350,000 cap on... Read more...
San Francisco agrees to $5M medical malpractice settlement
San Francisco city officials have agreed to pay $5.1 million, one of the biggest payouts it has ever made, to settle a case of medial malpractice at its San Francisco General Hospital. The city... Read more...
