Health Care & Hospital Law
Aug. 1, 2013
MICRA facelift long overdue
Since 1975, nothing has changed in the law. Literally. Nothing. Not even an adjustment for inflation. By Bradley I. Kramer
In August 1975, amid growing concern over the price and availability of medical malpractice insurance, California changed the laws that govern how personal injury claims arising from health care treatment are litigated and resolved. Titled the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, or MICRA, the law was enacted by the state Legislature after a bloody battle between the insurance lobby and their insured physicians and the plaintiffs' bar ...
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