Civil Litigation
Jul. 3, 2019
MICRA needs to go
As our troops were coming back from the Vietnam war, insurance company lobbyists and special interests groups saw their opportunity to get their bought and paid for politicians to pass law that would help insurance companies make more of a killing than they already were. It was 1975, the end of the Vietnam War, when the California Legislature drafted the Medical Insurance Compensation Reform Act.
Nicholas Rowley
Founding Partner
Carpenter Zuckerman & Rowley LLP
Email: nick@tl4j.com
Nicholas is the 2018 CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year and he is the author of two books: "Trial By Human" and "Running with the Bulls." He has tried cases all over the state and the country and is a compassionate advocate for catastrophic injury and medical negligence victims.
As our troops were coming back from the Vietnam War, insurance company lobbyists and special interests groups saw their opportunity to get their bought and paid for politicians to pass law that would help insurance companies make more of a killing than they already were. It was 1975, the end of the Vietnam War, when the California Legislature drafted the Medical Insurance Compensation Reform Act. Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law in September of that year, two years...
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