California's 25-year-old cap on medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering trumps a 1986 federal law providing damages against hospitals that reject medically unstable patients, the state's highest court has ruled. The question of whether a mother could collect $1.35 million for the death of her baby daughter has been closely watched by the plaintiffs' bar as well as by the medical and insurance communities.
April 05, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Los Angeles–California’s 25-year-old cap on medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering trumps a 1986 federal law providing damages against hospitals that reject medically unstable patients, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled.
The question of whether a mother could collect $1.35 million for the death of her baby daughter has been closely watched by the plaintiffs’ bar as well as by the medical and insurance communities.
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