Litigation
Jan. 4, 2013
Plaintiffs' lawyers launch fresh fight against medical malpractice damages cap
Despite decades of losses, attorneys for medical malpractice plaintiffs are mounting a new batch of attacks on a 1975 law that caps pain-and-suffering damages at just $250,000.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Michele Woo, a 59-year-old mother of one, bled to death some time after a heart valve replacement because her doctor allegedly didn't properly monitor her medication. Carrin A. Leaman, a Santa Ana lawyer, developed widespread infection that led to double amputations, blindness in one eye, a heart attack and a stroke because her dentists allegedly didn't give her proper antibiotics before and afte...
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