Posts tagged "California"

side note: Since 1975, California’s MICRA Tort Reforms, which include a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, has been the gold standard of tort reforms for more than 35 years. It has been tested in the state’s court system regularly, and most recently, an appellate court decision that reduced a $6 million jury award to the […]

Side note: California is taking steps to deal with so-called ‘never events’ at the state’s hospitals. A particular problem is accidentally leaving surgical instruments and materials inside a patient after completion of surgery. In an effort to reduce the number of these errors, California has been fining hospitals for their mistakes, collecting nearly $300,000 in […]

side note: Some in the California Legislature are arguing that language in the proposed Affordable Care Act would encourage the state to overturn its MICRA non-economic damage cap. One of the many contentious issues in the national health care debate is something that began 34 years ago in California when Jerry Brown, in the first […]

side note: California Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Liability Cap, Good Sign for State’s Malpractice Insurance Rates: California’s $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases recently withstood its first appellate court challenge in more than 20 years. The 5th Appellate District Court ruled that the limit set with the state’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform […]