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Putting The Caps On Caps: Reconciling The Goal Of Medical Malpractice Reform With The Twin Objectives Of Tort Law, Kyle Miller
Putting The Caps On Caps: Reconciling The Goal Of Medical Malpractice Reform With The Twin Objectives Of Tort Law, Kyle Miller
Vanderbilt Law Review
Medical malpractice litigation is not a modern invention. Rather, it has been part of the American legal system since before the Revolution,1 and the most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis is not the first this country has known. However, losses to insurers during the earlier medical malpractice insurance crises pale in comparison to the ailments of this most recent crisis.2 Though this most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis seems to be coming to a close,3 by examining the causes of this crisis and enacting changes at present, this country may be able to avoid future crises. Of course, the first …