Chicago Tribune, IL - Dec 18, 2009
...The high court didn't give a reason for the decision to delay a ruling. The next batch of Supreme Court opinions is expected in mid-January, the court spokesman said...
Editorial: Reforms need court's blessing
Belleville News Democrat, IL - Dec 18, 2009
St. Clair and Madison counties have moved off the judicial hellhole list, but the area's medical community remains in purgatory while it awaits the fate of the 2005 medical malpractice reform law...
Opinion - Wayne Willoughby: 'Tort reform' won't fix health care
Baltimore Sun, MD - Dec 18, 2009
...Tort law changes are not a novel idea. Forty-six states have passed some kind of tort reform, and about three dozen have some form of cap on damages - but health care costs have continued to skyrocket....
Editorial: Tort reform Udall
The Durango Herald News, CO - Dec 18, 2009
Thursday, Colorado Sen. Mark Udall introduced an amendment to the health-care-reform bill aimed at reducing the cost of medical-malpractice lawsuits. It is neither a panacea nor partisan grandstanding, but a thought-provoking effort that deserves serious consideration...
Health care reform: Udall pushes $10 million study of malpractice trials
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO - Dec 17, 2009
...He says the amendment will save doctors on their malpractice insurance premiums and save consumers cash when they sue their physicians...
Caps decision may be another month away
The Record, Edwardsville, IL - Dec 17, 2009
...A ruling had been anticipated Thursday morning regarding a challenge to the Illinois Medical Malpractice Act of 2005 -- a law that caps non-economic damages to $500,000 for doctors and $1 million for hospitals...
Voters may be asked again to cap suit awards
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - Dec 17, 2009
Saying this may be the most business-friendly Legislature for years to come, Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, wants to ask voters to let lawmakers limit how much judges and juries can award to accident and malpractice victims...
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