California law limits/caps the amount of monetary damages for pain and suffering in lawsuits that can be awarded to victims of medical malpractice at $250,000.
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This law has been in effect since 1975, and has definitely limited the number of medical [...]
A judge may soon finalize a $2.9 million medical malpractice award against two Doctors in California, after a single Father filed a negligence lawsuit resulting from his wife dying from ovarian cancer.
A jury found that Dr. Young S. Kim, a primary care physician and Dr. Carline Louis-Jacques, an obstetrician failed to properly diagnose and treat [...]
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A lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois physician and NorthShore University HealthSystem for allegedly misdiagnosing patient with breast cancer and removing a breast that was later shown not to be cancerous.
According to the personal injury lawsuit, the victim’s doctor submitted tissue for biopsy which was examined by Dr. Robert Goldschmidt. The diagnosis [...]
Baltimore Sun, Feb 17, 2009Legislation currently before the House and Senate committees would allow 2 or more lawsuits to split up to 150% of the amount allowed for wrongful death or medical injury. It would also raise the non-economic damage cap. Under our current laws, awards can expand to 125%, but only if there are [...]