Government
May 21, 2014
MICRA cap proponents face onslaught on opposition cash
Backers of a trial lawyer initiative to raise California medical malpractice payouts face a big challenge: how to raise enough money to convince older, more conservative voters in an off-year election to support it.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Now that a trial lawyer initiative to raise California medical malpractice payouts is qualified for the November ballot, supporters are faced with bigger challenge: how to raise enough money to convince older, more conservative voters in an off-year election to support it.
"[For] liberal-leaning ballot measures, at least in California, the presidential election years have been better,&...
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