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State Bar & Bar Associations

Nov. 14, 2014

Undaunted by voter rejection, some leading plaintiff's lawyers want a new MICRA bid

Several former presidents of the state's tort lawyers bar, undaunted by a voter shellacking of an initiative to raise the medical malpractice payout cap, are pushing the group to try again.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Several former presidents of the state's tort lawyers bar, undaunted by a voter shellacking of an initiative to raise the medical malpractice payout cap, are pushing the group to try again.


The idea will likely be a hot topic at the Consumer Attorneys of California's annual convention, which opens Thursday in San Francisco, in the wake of the defeat of its bid to reform the Medi...

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