The court held that the cap, enacted in 2005, violates the right to a jury trial — specifically, the right to have damages determined by a jury.
In a separate release, the AMA reported that medical liability premiums in Georgia have stabilized since the cap was enacted, but with the decision they could return to increases of 10-27 percent a year that existed before the cap.
Read the Georgia Hospital Association’s release on malpractice reform (pdf).
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