Letters,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Rights
Oct. 29, 2013
Soon enough justices will challenge MICRA's vitality
Re: "Offsetting Damages in a Nonallocated Settlement," Oct. 21.
Nathaniel J. Friedman
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Southwestern Univ School of Law
Author of "Medical Malpractice in the 21st Century"
The propaganda piece, "Offsetting Damages in a Nonallocated Settlement," by Craig Roeb and Garrett Fahy (Oct. 21), is remarkable for the attitude set forth in the last sentence wherein these gentlemen have written, "courts [are] declining to indulge in efforts to undermine MICRA."
Not so fast. As recently as June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Shelby County v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 2612, wherein Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking for the majority, held th...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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