Missouri high court upholds damages cap, but another challenge remains

From AMedNews:

After winning a recent lawsuit challenging the state’s noneconomic damages cap, Missouri doctors continue to fight another battle threatening to overturn the recovery limit.

The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled April 3 in Sanders v. Ahmed that the state’s noneconomic damages cap for medical liability cases was constitutional. The cap, adopted in 1986, impacts cases in which the alleged negligence happened before 2005. The limit was enacted at $350,000 but is now at more than $600,000 due to inflation.

The second suit, which the state high court has yet to decide, centers on Missouri’s latest $350,000 award limit. The cap impacts all medical liability lawsuits starting in 2005. A decision in the case,Watts v. Cox, is expected by the summer, said attorneys involved in the case.

Fleet Of Ambulances On Hand For 41-Year-Olds’ Touch Football Game

From the Onion:

Anticipating the very likely need for rapid medical evacuation, a fleet of ambulances from several regional hospitals took up positions Saturday at the edge of Fairview Park, where a group of 41-year-old former college friends had gathered for a casual game of touch football.

EMT crews wasted no time readying an extensive supply of ice packs, neoprene wraps, and transport gurneys while the men, most of whom had played often in their teens and early 20s and not a single time since, split into teams and agreed on the location of the end zones.