2002 Senate Bill 1249

Introduced in the Senate

April 24, 2002

Introduced by Sen. Don Koivisto (D-38)

To authorize medical malpractice lawsuit damages in proportion to the loss of the opportunity to survive or achieve a better result that was proximately caused in whole or in part by the alleged malpractice. Current law prohibits damages unless the ability to survive was less than 50 percent.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary