TALLAHASSEE -- Doctors tried to convince the Supreme Court on Tuesday that a proposal to give patients at least 70 percent of jury awards in medical malpractice case is clearly understandable and should go before voters Nov. 2. Doctors are aiming at trial lawyers who represent malpractice victims, seeking to limit the percentage of winnings they can take as fees. The medical community says that may keep lawyers from taking meritless suits, something doctors contend is making practicing medicine in Florida prohibitively expensive.
Posted by Editor at June 9, 2004 12:00 PM