ND's Med Mal Damages Cap Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

By Y. Peter Kang (January 10, 2018, 9:33 PM EST) -- A North Dakota judge has ruled that a 1995 state law capping noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases at $500,000 is unconstitutional, saying it deprives the most catastrophically injured patients of full compensation and thus denies them equal protection of the laws....

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