Category Archives: non-economic damages

Missouri Supreme Court Considering Constitutionality of Medical Malpractice Caps, Threaten Malpractice Insurance Rates

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Mike Matray

Missouri is one of three states where its Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in medical malpractice cases. The other two states are Florida and Indiana. On March 27, the Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments … Continue reading →

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AZ Lawmaker Wants to Amend Constitution to Impose Damage Cap

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike Matray

side note: Conservative Arizona lawmakers are trying to remove obstacles that forbid the General Assembly from imposing caps on the amount of money recoverable for non-economic and punitive damages. Those obstacles are Article 2 sec. 31 and Article 18 sec. … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Care, Arizona Medical Malpractice Insurance, constitutional amendment, damage cap, non-economic damage cap, non-economic damages, Tort Reform | Leave a comment

Illinois Medical Malpractice Insurance Threatened by Supreme Court Decision

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: In 2005, the Illinois Legislature passed a series of tort reform laws intended to have a deflating effect on medical malpractice insurance premiums for the state’s healthcare workforce. At the heart of these reforms was a $500,000 cap … Continue reading →

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Missouri Malpractice Insurance Premiums Threatened by Court Case

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Medical malpractice insurance premiums are threatened by a case before the Missouri Supreme Court. The state’s high court is currently considering the constitutionality of Missouri’s $1.2 million cap on non-economic, pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases. In the … Continue reading →

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Indiana Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Threatened by Courts

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Since 1975, capping non-economic (pain and suffering) damages in medical malpractice lawsuits has been considered the Gold Standard of effective tort reforms. There is gobs of data supporting the conclusion that state’s with non-economic damage caps have considerably … Continue reading →

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Even Tort Reform Proponents Oppose National Texas-Style Medical Malpractice Law

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: This story is interesting because it illustrates the Catch-22 the Republican party faces with tort reform. The modern Republican party has aligned itself with libertarian and small-government, states’ rights proponents. They have also aligned themselves with the business … Continue reading →

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Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Medical Malpractice Cap

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Word on the street is that the cap on non-economic damages in Florida is likely to be overturned. What’s been going on in Florida is simialr to what happened two years ago in Illinois. Medical malpractice insurance rates … Continue reading →

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