Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 15, 2015
Plaintiffs' bar hopes for sympathetic ear on MICRA from new justices
With Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Leondra Kruger and Goodwin Liu on the bench, the court is much younger and is perceived to be more liberal than any time since the Rose Bird court 30 years ago.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Hoping for a sympathetic ear from a younger, and likely more left-leaning, state Supreme Court, members of the trial bar held a conclave in Los Angeles on Tuesday to plot another constitutional challenge to California's 40-year-old cap on payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits.
Trial lawyers and consumer rights activists have tried several times - legislatively and through the courts and the voters...
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