Florida senators Monday began moving forward with a proposal that would make major changes in the state's medicalmalpractice laws, including limiting pain-and-suffering damages in lawsuits against ...

Medical Malpractice Damages Caps: 5 Things to Know With courts across the country considering whether their states should have noneconomic damages caps in place, and if so, what the ceiling on those ...

Researchers detail what happened in Illinois and Georgia after their state courts knocked down limits on noneconomic damages ...

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee met last week and passed HB 6085, which increases the current medical malpractice caps, makes death cases automatically qualify for the “upper” cap and exempts ...

Tort reform has been on doctors' wish lists for decades. Supporters of reform say it would reduce frivolous claims and stop doctors from practicing defensive medicine, while some consumer groups say ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - The case started with a dental assistant who went into surgery for carpal-tunnel syndrome and ended up suffering a perforated esophagus. Now, nearly eight years later, the ...