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MO HB1014
Bill
Status
3/31/2011
Primary Sponsor
Leonard Hughes
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AI Summary
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Establishes a five-year pilot project beginning January 1, 2012, for a specialized medical malpractice court in one selected circuit court with a judge having medical background expertise.
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Assigns all medical malpractice cases and civil cases requiring extensive medical evidence to the specialized medical malpractice court judge in the pilot circuit.
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Requires the Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice to submit a report by February 1, 2018, evaluating the pilot project's effectiveness, including case disposition times, settlement patterns, damage awards, and acceptance by legal professionals.
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Removes the $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases during the pilot project to assess the impact of eliminating this limitation.
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Maintains requirements that punitive damages against health care providers require proof of willful, wanton, or malicious misconduct, and treats spouses and wrongful death claimants as single plaintiffs for damage cap purposes.
Legislative Description
Requires the establishment of a pilot project to implement a medical malpractice court and removes a provision regarding the limitation on noneconomic damages in an action against a health care provider
Last Action
Referred: Judiciary (H)
4/12/2011