The Senate will soon be deliberating on two bills that would cap the damages juries can award in medical malpractice cases.
One of the bills seeks to limit damages on all types of medical malpractice litigation and another would apply only to cases brought against obstetrician-gynecologists.
Sen. John Ensign's bill would cap judgments against a physician or health care professional at $250,000. It also would allow patients to be awarded up to $250,000 against one health care institution. Judgments against more than one institution would be capped at $750,000.
The other bill, sponsored by Sen. Rick Santorum, would impose similar caps on awards against doctors and institutions providing gynecological and obstetric care. The cap on awards from multiple defendants would be $500,000.
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