How Chicago medical malpractice attorneys challenged a potentially devastating law
After physician and hospital negligence during the birth of an infant resulted in Cerebral Palsy, a Chicago law firm filed a declaratory action to strike the noneconomic caps provision introduced in the Illinois law. Rather than attempting to resolve the case on behalf of the injured family, the Chicago medical malpractice attorneys chose to protect all Illinois victims of medical malpractice by battling an unjust law.
According to a summary of the case provided by The Wall Street Journal, the Illinois Supreme Court acknowledged its understanding that the law imposed the caps to help deal with rising medical liability insurance costs in the state. But the court asserted that the cap violated the separation of powers doctrine of the state constitution by violating the ability of the court to determine appropriate damages.
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