Medical Malpractice Attorneys and Lawyers

What are some medical malpractice laws and what purpose do they serve?

Public Comments

1. Each state has laws relating to malpractice. The purpose is to establish rules that are different from other tort statues. They create a "standard of care" basis for a claim. In California a reform law was passed in the 1970's to put a cap on non-economic damages and to limit the cut the lawyers get. As a consequence, there is some 'normality' to the expectations in court. In other tort suits the defense only wins 50% of the time. In Malpractice cases the defense wins 80% of the time. That means there are a lot of flimsy cases.