CA: Potential Ballot Measure to Raise MICRA Med Mal Cap

In 1975, California enacted one of the most influential tort reforms (MICRA), and it included a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in med mal cases.  The cap was not indexed to inflation and has remained in place for nearly 40 years.  There is a movement to get a measure on the 2014 ballot to raise the cap.  Starting in September, proponents will attempt to collect the 400,000 signatures of registered voters needed to get the measure on the ballot.  KPBS has details.

–CJR