Illinois: Med-mal damages cap violates state constitution
by Reni Gertner, MPH
March 23, 2010
A cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the Illinois state constitution, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.
The case involved an infant who suffered severe permanent injuries due to medical malpractice at her birth.
The plaintiffs challenged the state’s statutory cap on non-economic damages, arguing that the infant sustained disabilities that will “greatly exceed the applicable limitations on non-economic damages.”
A trial court held that the cap violated the Illinois Constitution, and the state supreme court agreed.
“[T]he General Assembly’s authority to ‘alter the common law’ … is not absolute; it must be exercised within constitutional grounds. … [T]he legislature’s attempt … to limit common law damages in medical malpractice actions runs afoul of the separation of powers clause.”
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The plaintiffs challenged the state’s statutory cap on non-economic damages, arguing that the infant sustained disabilities that will “greatly exceed […….