{"id":3583,"date":"2017-07-06T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2017-07-04T06:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T11:04:56","slug":"state-supreme-court-strikes-medical-malpractice-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-supreme-court-strikes-medical-malpractice-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Supreme Court Strikes Down Medical Malpractice Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Supreme Court has struck down a state law that capped noneconomic damages in medical malpractice injury lawsuits that stood at $1 million. The high court found that the law violates the equal protection clause of the Florida Constitution. <\/p>\n<p>In this 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth District Court of Appeals\u2019 2015 decision that found that the cap, established by Florida statute, does not pass the rational basis test because the law arbitrarily reduces medical malpractice claimants\u2019 rights to full compensation when there are multiple claimants and because it \u201cdoes not bear a rational relationship\u201d to its stated purpose of addressing an alleged medical malpractice insurance crisis in the state. <\/p>\n<p>The decision relied heavily on the Florida Supreme Court\u2019s 2014 decision in Estate of McAll v. United States that struck down the cap on noneconomic damages in wrongful death cases for many of the same reasons.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-supreme-court-strikes-medical-malpractice-cap\/#more-3583\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Supreme Court has struck down a state law that capped noneconomic damages in medical malpractice injury lawsuits that stood at $1 million. The high court found that the law violates the equal protection clause of the Florida Constitution. 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