Civil Litigation
Apr. 7, 2020
Lawyer behind initiative to raise cap on medical malpractice damages sues to overturn the limit
Beverly Hills firm Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages for medical malpractice suits, claiming the law has handicapped the firm and violated its client’s civil rights.
Beverly Hills attorney Nicholas C. Rowley, who is promoting a November ballot initiative to raise the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, has filed a court petition to remove the limit so he can go forward with a suit on behalf of his client, a former boxer.
Rowley said it isn’t economically feasible to move forward with the lawsuit on behalf of former boxer Shane “Sugar” Mosely because of the Medical I...
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