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Law Practice,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Appellate Practice

May 27, 2022

Doctors, lawyers discuss chances of new cooperation era

“A lot of the areas where we have historically not been able to work together on have really been a function of our differences on MICRA,” said Consumer Attorneys of California President Craig M. Peters.

Will there be a new era of cooperation between doctors and plaintiffs’ attorneys in Sacramento now that the groups have addressed a decade-old stalemate over medical damages caps?

Speaking to the Daily Journal on Thursday, Consumer Attorneys of California President Craig M. Peters said the groups are “natural allies” on many issues. One of these areas, he said, could include addressing doctors’ long-standing concerns that things they say t...

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