Nursing Home Negligence: New Threats to Plaintiffs' Rights
In the wake of last year's rejection of damages caps under Illinois law, recently introduced federal legislation seeks to limit non-economic damages in nursing home negligence and medical malpractice claims while reducing the statute of limitations. Yet again, some politicians choose to ignore the evidence that such measures have a negligible effect on overall costs while drastically curtailing individual legal rights.
The Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 (H.R. 5), introduced in January, would also restrict liability in cases ...


