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Tort Reform Damage Caps in California, and Beyond

In last month's newsletter the authors looked at California's 25-year-old medical malpractice award damage cap legislation ' the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) ' and began to explore arguments for and against its constitutionality. Herein, they continue that discussion.

17 minute read March 31, 2009 at 08:01 AM
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David M. Axelrad And David S. Ettinger
Tort Reform Damage Caps in California, and Beyond

In last month's newsletter we looked at California's 25-year-old medical malpractice award damage cap legislation ' the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) ' and began to explore arguments for and against its constitutionality.

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