Meet at the State Capitol, Jefferson City, MO for the White Coat Rally! Tuesday, February 24, 2015 — 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Missouri’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits was declared unconstitutional in 2012 by the Supreme Court. Since that decision there have been attempts by several groups and legislators to reinstate the limit in the hopes…
In July of 2012 the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that limits on awards for non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits is unconstitutional. Prior to that there was a cap $350,000 that was put into place in 2005. The cap along with other malpractice reforms helped to stabilize the medical professional liability insurance market in Missouri, and encourage a number of insurance…