ALBANY – The president of the New York State Bar Association yesterday welcomed the demise of a budget proposal by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to cap non-economic awards, such as those for pain and suffering, in medical malpractice cases.
“We did not feel that caps were an appropriate way to address issues in malpractice and that they would have been bad public policy for our justice system,” said Stephen P. Younger, president of the state bar. “We’re pleased they were eliminated from the budget agreement.”
