The medical malpractice reform bill that recently passed the N.C. Senate is unlikely to please doctors, attorneys or insurance companies if adopted as is by the state House in the spring. Senate Bill 802 is markedly different from its predecessor, Senate Bill 9, which was introduced and championed by N.C. Sen. Robert Pittenger (R-Meck). Gone is a proposed $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering -- a feature doctors have been vociferously demanding as essential to curbing malpractice insurance premiums.
Posted by Editor at December 2, 2003 10:58 AM