Law Practice,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 23, 2020
Initiative to raise medical malpractice damages cap qualifies for 2022 ballot
The proposed Fairness for Injured Patients Act would raise the cap for non-economic damages from $250,000 to more than $1.1 million.
An initiative to raise the cap on medical malpractice cases in California has qualified for the November 2022 ballot, according to Secretary of State Alex Padilla's office.
The proposed Fairness for Injured Patients Act, known as FIPA, takes on a 1975 law, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). It would raise MICRA's cap for non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases from $250,000 to more than $1.1 million, with ...
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