Posted On: August 13, 2007, 8:17 pm CDT

Posted By: Farful Mctavish

Sorry, to point this out to you, but you are only telling half the story. I ask you to cite more than 2 medical negigence case across the entire country that punitive damages were awarded. They are vitually non existance (except wher a physician molests a patient) while caps might apply to punitive damages, most jurisdictions caps limit the human harms and losses, to some pre determined amount usually 250K but do not limit recovery of lost wages or medical expenses. So the only ones who lose when caps apply are those who do not earn big bucks. Caps disporportionaly discriminate against women, the elderly and the very young.