Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
In an effort to remedy the medical malpractice insurance crisis, a number of states have enacted caps on damages. These caps limit the amount a medical malpractice plaintiff can collect. When. challenged on constitutional grounds, some caps have survived attack while others have been struck down. This comment examines and categorizes the analyses used by state courts which have ruled on the constitutionality of caps on damages. Additionally, this comment suggests criteria which should be reviewed by state legislatures planning to adopt a cap, in an effort to insure that the cap will survive constitutional challenge.
First Page
61
Last Page
88
Publication Date
11-1-1987
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Treviranus, Lisa A.
(1987)
"Medical Malpractice: Constitutional Implications of a Cap on Damages,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Suggested Citation
Lisa A. Treviranus, Comment, Medical Malpractice: Constitutional Implications of a Cap on Damages, 7 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 61 (1987).
