Government
May 8, 2013
Groups push for ballot initiative to lift cap on medical malpractice lawsuit payouts
A coalition behind the as-of-yet unwritten initiative says it intends to follow through with the effort to redress the unfair medical tort law, or the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, through voter action.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An effort to lift the state's 38-year cap on medical malpractice lawsuit payouts through a 2014 ballot initiative may be little more than an attempt to pressure the state Legislature to act on the matter, according to capitol sources and critics of the proposal. But the coalition behind an as-of-yet unwritten ballot initiative says it intends to follow through with the effort to redress the medical tort law t...
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