Governor vetoes malpractice cap
Gov. Jim Doyle squelched a legislative attempt Friday to reinstate a limit to the amount of non-economic damages a victim of medical malpractice can receive. The bill, called AB 766, would have reinstated the cap on non-economic, or “pain and suffering,” damage awards at $450,000 for adults and $550,000 for minors in medical malpractice lawsuits. A previous cap on such
