Tort reform is an ugly duckling that harbors the potential to severely harm victims of medical malpractice, by limiting the amount of money they may recover from injury lawsuits.<\/p>\n
This hot button issue is making the rounds all across the nation. States wanting to reduce the dollar amount of liability to plaintiffs in cases of medical malpractice. In other words, promoting or passing legislation that protects doctors from being fully accountable for their mistakes.<\/p>\n
Imagine if you will a totally disabled woman, confined to a wheelchair as the result of back surgery gone wrong, when her surgeon made a mistake and cut through her spinal cord. Imagine this woman only being able to recover $250,000.00 for her shattered life. How will she pay for her total care for the rest of her life with $250,000? More to the point, the actual award would be less than $250,000, to cover legal and other expenses, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tort reform is an ugly duckling that harbors the potential to severely harm victims of medical malpractice, by limiting the amount of money they may recover from injury lawsuits. This hot button issue is making the rounds all across the…<\/span><\/p>\n