{"id":1947,"date":"2015-02-03T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:08:25","slug":"missouri-lawmakers-try-cap-medical-malpractice-verdicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/missouri-lawmakers-try-cap-medical-malpractice-verdicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Lawmakers Try Again to Cap Medical Malpractice Verdicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Illinois, legislation has been passed three times to limit recoveries in medical negligence claims. Each time the Illinois Supreme Court has overturned such restrictions on the ground that they are unconstitutional. Missouri is going through the same exercise once again. About ten years ago, Missouri last limited some civil lawsuit awards, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Now businesses can face lawsuits with unlimited punitive damages and civil injury lawsuits after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/page.jsp?id=27\">Missouri Supreme Court <\/a>struck down a $500,000 limit on awards in September 2014, two years after striking down other limits for medical-malpractice awards.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that business groups and Republican leaders there want the decision striking down limits for medical-malpractice rewards to be reversed and now are attempting a state constitutional amendment to ensure the court cannot interfere with caps again.\u00a0\u201cMissouri will continue to be a judicial hellhole\u201d if caps are not put in place, said Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard of Joplin, Mo. Richard says his constitutional amendment effort capping punitive damages is his top priority for the current senate session.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/missouri-lawmakers-try-cap-medical-malpractice-verdicts\/#more-1947\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Illinois, legislation has been passed three times to limit recoveries in medical negligence claims. Each time the Illinois Supreme Court has overturned such restrictions on the ground that they are unconstitutional. Missouri is going through the same exercise once again. 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