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Caps on Damages are unfair and ineffective |
03/19/2003
Insurance companies and doctors in Pennsylvania mistakenly claim that capping awards for chronic suffering, acute pain, and loss of a loved one would solve the current medical malpractice insurance problem. This is not true. The insurance industry itself admits that so-called caps would not reduce doctors� medical malpractice insurance premiums.
The Pennsylvania trial lawyers message is that caps of any kind are unfair and will not fix the insurance crisis. To this end, we have prepared a statement on caps that includes recent newspaper articles and op-ed columns as well as research from consumer groups that support PaTLA's position.
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