Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog and California families harmed by medical negligence applauded today’s historic 60-0 Assembly vote to update California’s 47-year-old medical malpractice damage cap and restore injured patients’ access to justice.
Column by George Skelton, LOS ANGELES TIMES May 9, 2022 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-09/skelton-malpractice-cap-deal-california SACRAMENTO — It’s being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle...
By Madison Hirneisen, THE CENTER SQUARE May 6, 2022 https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/bill-gradually-raising-california-medical-malpractice-awards-as-high-as-1-million-advances/article_ab38eb86-cd6b-11ec-b44a-1baaac67e324.html (The Center Square) – Legislation to raise limits on types of California malpractice lawsuits advanced...
In 1975, the state of California capped medical malpractice damages for pain and suffering to $250,000 and that’s where it’s stayed for 47 years. By...
By Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang, CALMATTERS April 27, 2022 Medical malpractice deal becomes law, averting costly ballot battle A measure slated for California’s...
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS Aprili 27, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2022-04-27/california-to-increase-awards-in-medical-malpractice-cases SACRAMENTO, Calif. — People who get hurt because of a doctor’s negligence in California could soon get a...
