House Would Cap Malpractice Awards

Steven Brostoff, Washington Editor

NU Online News Service, May 1, 3:34 p.m. EST, Washington?Punitive damages in medical malpractice lawsuits would be capped at $250,000 or two times compensatory damages, whichever is higher, under bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives.

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