Court: No limit on medical malpractice damages

A state law limiting jury awards in medical malpractice cases was ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a Cook County Circuit Court judge.

The law allows unlimited economic damages to compensate for lost wages, medical bills and other associated expenses but caps non-economic damage awards for pain and suffering, loss of life or limb, disfigurement and loss of companionship to $500,000 a doctor and $1 million a hospital.

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