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.
How Personal Injury Attorneys are Paid
Medical Malpractice Caps Unfair to Poor
Exceptions to the Medical Malpractice Cap
This law has been in effect since 1975, and has definitely limited the number of medical [...]
Fox44 News, Vermont
The New Hampshire Medical Society says the state has no right to take a $110 million surplus from a state fund that underwrites malpractice insurance and use it for other purposes in the state budget.
Topics: insurance, law, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, New Hampshire, news, state, Vermont
All 179 claims presented against the state of Minnesota on behalf of those impacted by a 2007 bridge collapse have been settled for a total of $36.6 million, with individual settlements ranging from $4,500 to over $2.2 million. The state of Minnesota agreed to pay the settlements to [...]
Chicago Tribune, United States
If the lawsuit is given class-action status, damages could exceed $5 million, it states. Allegations in the 10-count complaint include negligence, medical malpractice, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, battery…
Topics: class action, complaint, damages, infliction of emotional distress, law, lawsuit, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, negligence, negligent, news, state, sue, urology