July 22, 2020
Californians will have to wait until the pandemic ends to vote on an initiative to change the state’s medical malpractice cap. Proponents of a measure to change California’s medical malpractice cap announced today they have reportedly collected 900,000 signatures, enough …
September 26, 2019
Several families of inured patients on Thursday filed proposed initiative for the November 2020 ballot to raise California’s medical malpractice cap. The cap is set by the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, MICRA, passed in 1975. The Fairness for Injured …
October 29, 2014
Two recent studies say a proposition on California’s November ballot to raise the pain and suffering cap for medical malpractice lawsuits will increase medical costs and malpractice premiums. The studies and heavy advertising by the opposition to Proposition 46, the …
March 24, 2014
California’s limit of $250,000 on medical malpractice damages for pain and suffering, which became a model for other states almost 40 years ago, could be increased under a voter initiative to be submitted on Monday. Proponents said they’ve gathered 830,000 …
July 26, 2013
Under a measure being pursued for next year’s ballot by Consumer Watchdog California voters will have the opportunity to boost the cap on medical negligence lawsuits, but opponents of the measure on Friday said doing so will add billions-of-dollars in …