AMA FILES FLORIDA SUPREME COURT BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF UPHOLDING MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM
Caps on noneconomic damages promote greater access to health careTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Sept. 21, 2011 - The American Medical Association (AMA) joined today with organizations representing Florida physicians, hospitals, small business owners and their insurers to file a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Florida Supreme Court to preserve patients’ access to more affordable medical care by upholding the state’s limit on subjective awards for noneconomic damages. “The Florida legislature reined in extraordinary noneconomic