CARSON CITY -- An initiative petition that calls for rolling back auto insurance rates is actually intended to overturn medical malpractice reforms, backers of a competing ballot measure said Monday. "It is a stealth attack on medical liability reform," said Scott Craigie, a consultant to the doctor-led group Keep Our Doctors in Nevada, whose medical malpractice measure already has qualified for the November ballot. Larry Matheis, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Association, said the purported auto insurance rollback "is sort of flying under false colors." The auto insurance rollback petition and an accompanying measure were filed with the secretary of state on April 16 by Las Vegas resident Carmen Cashman and a group called People for a Better Nevada. The accompanying measure, called the Stop Frivolous Lawsuits and Protect Your Legal Rights Act, would prohibit limitations on attorneys fees. Both measures would amend the state constitution. Cashman could not be reached Monday for comment.
Posted by Editor at June 8, 2004 02:19 PM