2012 House Bill 5669

Revise medical malpractice details

Introduced in the House

May 23, 2012

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To revise details of the assessment of economic damages and noneconomic damages (“pain and suffering” awards) in medical malpractice cases. Under a tort reform law passed in the 1990s, there is no limit on economic (actual) damages, but a $500,000 cap on “pain and suffering” or “punitive damage” awards.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary