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Wisconsin Caps cappedFrom: DoctorJoe@aol.comSun Jul 31 07:50:48 2005
Did we already know this? Or was it another state recently that dropped caps? MED-MAL RULING HAS DOCTORS REELING Wisconsin Damage Cap Wiped Out in Rational Basis Review BY JOHN GIBEAUT As any constitutional law student knows, rational basis review is the lowest of the low. But it was high enough for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to wipe out as an equal protection violation a cap on some medical malpractice damages. And it was enough to leave the state’s medical establishment reeling. The court also cut off federal appeals by deciding the case solely under the Wisconsin Constitution, effectively painting physicians and their legislative allies into a corner as they pondered a fix. "We had just figured out how to deal with the legislative branch, and now the supreme court comes along," complains Mark M. Grapentine, a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Medical Society, which filed an amicus brief along with the American Medical Association. Moreover, the highly detailed and carefully crafted opinion also caught the attention of plaintiffs lawyers outside Wisconsin who are searching for arguments to fend off looming homegrown damage limits that doctors say will curb their malpractice insurance premiums. Read the rest of the article here: _http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jy29cap.html_ (http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jy29cap.html) Joe P.
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