Public News Service, Boulder, CO - Feb 5, 2010
Medical groups and insurance companies believe a ruling yesterday by the state Supreme Court will prompt more malpractice suits, while the state's trial lawyers say it's a victory for patients...
Malpractice caps controversial
Herald News, Joliet, IL - Feb 5, 2010
Local reaction to Thursday's decision by the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn caps on medical malpractice awards was passionate on both sides of the debate...
Editorial: Turn for worse for health care
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Feb 5, 2009
...Now that the law has been tossed out, we expect the exodus to resume. Many of our doctors will move to Missouri or one of the 32 other states that do cap medical malpractice awards...
Illinois Court overturns malpractice statute
New York Times, NY - Feb 4, 2010
In a case that could resonate in Washington, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the state’s five-year-old medical malpractice law because it limited compensation to injured patients for pain, suffering and other non-economic harms...
Illinois Supreme Court tosses malpractice-award curbs
Wall Street Journal, NY - Feb 4, 2010
...That law, the court noted in its ruling, was passed to address the rising cost of medical-liability insurance in the state. Still, the court held that the damage cap violates the Illinois constitution's "separation of powers" doctrine by infringing on courts' prerogative to determine appropriate damages in cases...
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down medical mapractice law that limits damages
Chicago Tribune, IL - Feb 4, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state's medical malpractice law, saying limits on damages awarded to victims of medical negligence are unconstitutional...
Editorial: Illinoise Supreme Court declares medical malpractice reform unconstitutional
Chicago Tribune, IL - Feb 4, 2010
...The court threw out a sound law and essentially told the state's lawmakers: Don't even bother to try this again. This is a disastrous decision...
Attorneys say malpractice ruling will have little effect on Peoria
Journal Star, Peoria, IL - Feb 4, 2010
..."The effect it will have locally is very, very small," said attorney Jeff Green of East Peoria. "Doctors here have lost very few cases over the past 10 years."...
Doctors against Court's malpractice caps ruling
The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL - Feb 4, 2010
Patients in rural Illinois will have to travel farther for specialty medical care, and health-care costs will rise even faster in the wake of Thursday’s Illinois Supreme Court ruling on medical-malpractice caps, three Springfield doctors predicted...
Downstate lawmakers disappointed by court decision on malpractice
Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL - Feb 4, 2010
...The caps were enacted to control rising medical malpractice insurance premiums which were blamed for some doctors leaving the state to practice medicine elsewhere. Downstate lawmakers largely supported the caps...
Illinois Supreme Court knocks down malpractice award limits
The Examiner, Washington, DC - Feb 4, 2010
...17 other states have similar caps, but the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald, says his only concern is the Illinois constitution, writing: "That 'everyboy's doing it' is hardly a litmus test for the constitutionality of the statute."...
Illinois does what Maryland didn't
The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD - Feb 4, 2010
...In the Maryland case, the issue was whether the cap on non-economic damages applies to cases not first submitted to arbitration...
Markey to introduce bill to strip anti-trust protection from insurers
Northern Colorado Business Report, Fort Collins, CO - Feb 4, 2010
U.S. Reps. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., and Tom Perriello, D-Va., will introduce a bill Friday to repeal the anti-trust exemption for health and medical malpractice insurance companies...
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