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Saturday, February 06, 2010
Courts - More on "The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday found unconstitutional a state law capping non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 4, 2010, here is the NYT report on the decision.
Here is the WSJ's opinion of the decision, that begins:
If you're flying to Chicago soon, see if you can count the plaintiffs lawyers on the plane. They'll be wearing the Italian suits. This week the Illinois Supreme Court torpedoed the state's medical malpractice law, condemning state doctors to liability lotto.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 6, 2010 09:34 AM
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