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Article: BATTLE OVER MALPRACTICE CAP RETURNS VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT TO RULE NEXT MONTH ON MAXIMUM JUDGMENTS OF $1 MILLION.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 28, 1998
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RICHMOND -- A doctor's mistake kills or injures a patient. Should there be a limit on how much money the victim can sue the doctor for?
The Virginia Supreme Court will answer that question next month when it rules on the constitutionality of the state's 22-year-old medical malpractice cap.
The cap limits judgments against doctors to no more than $1 million. Legislators passed it in 1976 on grounds that increasing numbers of malpractice claims and insurers' fear of big verdicts would make malpractice insurance expensive, perhaps prohibitive for some doctors. They also reasoned that doctors would pass the costs on to ...