DALLAS -- Texas doctors hope last month's narrow passage of Proposition 12, a law that gives the state legislature authority to cap noneconomic damages, will make it easier and more economical for them to practice medicine. The Association of Trial Lawyers in America, however, says laws capping medical malpractice claims may only benefit insurance companies without driving insurance costs down. And, they say, limiting damages only punishes the most severely injured.
Posted by Editor at October 17, 2003 10:51 AM