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2001 SESSION

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SB 808 Medical malpractice cap.

Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Medical malpractice cap. Provides that the medical malpractice cap for actions occurring prior to August 1, 1999, is the amount set forth in the statute at the time the act of malpractice occurred. The bill provides that this amendment is declarative of existing law. Apparently some plaintiffs have argued that there is no cap for actions arising prior to August 1, 1999, because the time period prior to August 1, 1999, is not mentioned in the statute as it was amended by the 1999 General Assembly to increase the cap effective August 1, 1999.


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