Medical Malpractice Reform Measure Signed
NEVADA
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Gov. Kenny Guinn signed Nevada’s medical malpractice insurance reform bill into law, hoping to end a health-care crisis that forced the state’s top trauma center to temporarily close. The law, which takes effect Oct. 1, caps most medical malpractice jury awards at $350,000.
Some insurance companies had stopped doing business in Nevada, citing the high cost of settling malpractice claims.
The trauma center at University Medical Center in Las Vegas closed for 10 days when 58 doctors temporarily quit over the malpractice issue.
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