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2. Attorney's fee - Wikipedia

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   Medical malpractice tort reforms often include maximum limits on plaintiffs' attorney fees, such as the percentage schedule in California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975. In 2004, Florida passed a constitutional amendment limiting contingent fees in medical malpractice cases. [27] [clarification needed]

3. Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act - Wikipedia

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   The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) of 1975 was a statute enacted by the California Legislature in September 1975 [1] and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September. [2] This Act was intended to lower medical malpractice liability insurance premiums for healthcare providers in California by decreasing their potential ...

4. American rule (attorney's fees) - Wikipedia

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   Several states also have exceptions to the American rule in both statutes and case law. For example, in California, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act allows plaintiffs to recover attorney's fees, [7] and in insurance bad faith cases, a policyholder may be able to recover attorney's fees as a separate component of damages. [8]

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6. Tort reform - Wikipedia

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   As an argument against the current system, tort reformers link the rising costs of premiums for physicians' medical malpractice insurance [18] to the rising cost of personal and group policy health insurance coverage. California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act has been cited as a model for tort reform in health care. Others deny that ...

7. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [46] The study found that this is true "for all patient care physicians in Texas, high-malpractice-risk specialties, primary care physicians, and rural physicians. [46] Plaintiffs' lawyers say that the Texas law prevents patients from getting compensation or damages even in cases where the patient clearly deserves it.