Recent Nevada News
July 2018 Newsletter
Wisconsin court preserves reforms – and access to care A decision this month by Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court kept intact liability reforms that have placed reasonable limits on noneconomic damages and resulted in lower health care costs for patients and physicians....
AMA’s legal team helps protect medical liability reforms
Medical liability reform is a high state legislative priority for the AMA. Not surprisingly, then, it is also a high priority for the Litigation Center for the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies. Evidence of this is the Litigation Center’s...
December 2017 Newsletter
Year-end report sheds light on “Judicial Hellholes” The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) end-of-year “Judicial Hellholes” report offers a public glimpse at the most unfriendly jurisdictions for those defending themselves against civil litigation, including...
Current Medical Liability Laws
| Damage Caps | $350,000 cap on non- economic damages. (2004) |
| Joint Liability Reform | Yes. Defendants only severally liable for economic or non-economic damages in medical liability cases. (2004) |
| Collateral Source Reform | Yes. The judge must reduce the verdict by the amount of any collateral benefits. Third parties are no longer permitted to recover from the defendant the expenses they have paid on behalf of a medical liability victim. (2004) |
| Attorney Fees Limited | Yes. 40% percent of the first $50,000 recovered; 33 1/3% of the next $50,000; 25% of the next $500,000 recovered; and 15% of the amount of recovery that exceeds $600,000. (2004). |
| Periodic Payments Permitted | Yes. When an award equals or exceeds $50,000 in future damages, the court must allow the same to be paid in periodic payments instead of a lump sum, if requested by either party. |