The effort to override Missouri Gov. Bob Holden’s veto of tort reform legislation fell short in the House of Representatives, thus ending this year’s attempt to address the state’s medical liability crisis, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).
The override fell 12 votes short of the 109 necessary to be approved in the House. The failure to win approval in the House prevented the Senate from taking up the measure. The bill, HB 1304, was similar to legislation vetoed last year. The bill would have limited venue shopping by establishing the county where the cause of action occurred as being the venue for the case.
The cap on noneconomic damages would have been changed from $350,000 adjusted annually for inflation (currently equal to $565,000), to $400,00 without an inflation adjustment. It also would have removed the “per occurrence” language in order to overrule the Missouri Supreme Court decision in Scott v. SSM Healthcare Systems.
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