The new law caps non-economic damages at $400,000 in most circumstances and eliminates joint and several liability, which forced physicians with a only a peripheral role in a case to pay most of the damages if they had the deepest pockets.
Read the Oklahoma Hospital Association’s release on malpractice reform.
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