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State high courts consider challenges to medical malpractice award caps
While the White House is working to soothe the fears of opponents who say that President Obama's reform proposals don't do enough to tame medical malpractice costs, a pair of cases going before high... Read more...
OK enacts major tort reforms
The state of Oklahoma has enacted a package of tort reform laws that includes several new protections for physicians. The new legislation places a $400,000 cap on non-economic damages in most cases,... 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...
