June 19, 2003
More on medical malpractice damages
The Tampa Tribune has an article in today’s business section (note: why isn’t there a Labor Section?) that illustrates the underlying unfairness in setting arbitrary caps on pain and suffering (AKA noneconomic damages) in medical malpractice cases:
But Betsey Herd, a Tampa attorney who represents plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases, said that given the way economic damages are calculated, the people who are the most vulnerable and have the least resources would be the most hurt by capping noneconomic damages.
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``Noneconomic damages, for a large class of people, are the only damages that are available,'' said Mike Trentalange, a Tampa lawyer who specializes in malpractice cases.
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