Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 11, 2021
Attorneys hope to use $50M award to challenge MICRA cap
The jury awarded mortgage broker Nicholas Merlo $20 million in past and future economic damages, plus $20 million in noneconomic damages and $10 million in lost consortium damages to his wife. His attorneys said the judge will likely reduce that amount under the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act.
The $50 million verdict a Fresno jury awarded a man who suffered brain injuries will be reduced by $30 million due to a law limiting noneconomic losses in medical malpractice suits, the plaintiff's attorneys said Thursday, vowing to fight the reduction.
The defendant ambulance company said it will appeal the entire verdict, insisting its employees gave the patient proper care, but the plaintiffs' attorneys said that might give them anothe...
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