Override Fails On Pain Damages; Doyle Had Vetoed New Caps On Awards
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › January 20, 2006
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Madison The effort to re-establish limits on pain and suffering damages to medical malpractice victims is headed back to the drawing board after the state Assembly on Thursday failed to override Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of a bill setting new caps on such awards.
Another piece of legislation with higher limits could be introduced as early as next week.See the full content of this document
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Override Fails On Pain Damages; Doyle Had Vetoed New Caps On Awards
With a 63-36 vote, supporters of the bill (AB 766) weren't able to muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override the veto; the original vote on the bill in October was 64-30.
Critics of the limits say they are unfair to the most severely injured medical malpractice victims and d...See the full content of this document
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