Home defect bill divides lawmakers
Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV (Associated Press) - May 14, 2009
...Anderson has warned his panel members that some of their bills might die on a Friday deadline for action in Senate Judiciary, chaired by Sen. Terry Care, D-Las Vegas. Among those Assembly-approved measures in Senate Judiciary is AB495, which would loosen caps on medical malpractice awards. It’s sought by trial lawyers — who oppose the construction defect bill...

Editorial: Patients in the crossfire
The Washington Times, DC - May 14, 2009
...The Medical Device Safety Act favors litigious trial lawyers over sick patients. Its passage would amount to serious legislative malpractice...

Lawmakers' tiff holds up action on malpractice damages bill
Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV - May 13, 2009
...An Assembly-approved bill to let some patients seek unlimited damages in medical malpractice lawsuits was being held up Wednesday in the Senate in apparent retaliation for an Assembly committee chairman’s decision to sit on two Senate-passed construction defect bills...

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