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. The bill would define that cap more narrowly.
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