Victoria Colliver, Health Reporter - SFGATE Victoria Colliver has been writing about health for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2001, focusing on the health care industry, health policy and cancer Before joining The Chronicle, she
San Francisco Chronicle – Malpractice Damage Limit To Rise Under AB35 by Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes, D-Colton (San Bernardino County), the new limits for noneconomic damages in 2023 will be $350,000 for nonfatal medical malpractice by a physician and $500,000 for malpractice causing death
Newsom signs compromise law raising the limit on medical . . . May 23—California’s $250,000 limit on damages for pain and suffering caused by medical malpractice, a ceiling enacted by lawmakers in 1975 at the insistence of doctors and insurers, will be
Newsom signs compromise law raising the limit on medical . . . Gov Gavin Newsom signed compromise legislation Monday, sponsored by consumer advocates and supported by medical groups, that will not remove all limits on malpractice damages but will raise
California medical malpractice law in spotlight - SFGATE "It's economic suicide for a medical malpractice lawyer in the state of California to undertake too many or any cases that are capped at just 250,000," said Erik Peterson, a San Francisco
Dental malpractice case spotlights outdated California law When 7-year-old Ryan Volkmuth died three years ago during a dental procedure at a Palo Alto, CA, clinic, his parents couldn't find a lawyer to take on their malpractice case because of the state's cap on malpractice awards, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle
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