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Another Failed Attempt At Ill. Tort Reform
Law360
Sedgwick Chicago attorney David Goldhaber's article discussing the Illinois Supreme Court's most recent decision on tort reform was published on Law360.
From the article:
On Feb. 4, 2010, for the third time in the last 30 years of Illinois legislative tort reform efforts, the Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out the most recent reform statute, Public Act 94-677, as unconstitutional.
In Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, -- N.E.2d --, 2010 WL 375190 (Ill. 2010), the court declared the health care reform statute constitutionally unenforceable since its limitation on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions ($500,000 for doctors and $1,000,000 for hospitals) violated the separation of powers doctrine by encroaching on the judiciary’s inherent power to correct jury verdicts through remittitur.
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