Governor to sign med mal bill today in Alton
ALTON - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign the state’s medical malpractice reform bill into law Thursday at Saint Anthony’s Hospital in Alton. The controversial reform package, which caps physicians’ liability at $500,000 and hospitals’ at $1 million, was passed by the Illinois legislature May 31. But the governor has stalled enacting the measure. Sources close to the
