TY - GEN
T1 - Amicus Brief, Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
AU - Vidmar, Neil
AU - Baker, Tom
AU - Brill, Ralph L.
AU - Chamallas, Martha
AU - Daniels, Stephen
AU - Eaton, Thomas A.
AU - Eisenberg, Theodore
AU - Feigenson, Neal R.
AU - Finley, Lucinda M.
AU - Galanter, Marc
AU - Hans, Valerie P.
AU - Heise, Michael
AU - Kionka, Edward J.
AU - Koenig, Thomas H.
AU - Kritzer, Herbert M.
AU - Levine, David I.
AU - Marder, Nancy S.
AU - Martin, Joanne
AU - McClellan, Frank M.
AU - Merritt, Deborah Jones
AU - Peters, Jr., Philip G.
AU - Richardson, James T.
AU - Silver, Charles
AU - Wright, Richard W.
PY - 2008/8/21
Y1 - 2008/8/21
N2 - Illinois Public Act 82-280, § 2-1706.5, as amended by P.A. 94-677, § 330 (eff. Aug. 25, 2005), and as codified as 735 ILCS 5/2-1706.5(a), imposes a $500,000 “cap” on the noneconomic damages that may be awarded in a medical malpractice suit against a physician or other health care professional, and a $1 million “cap” on the noneconomic damages that may be awarded against a hospital, its affiliates, or their employees. This brief will address two of the questions presented for review by the parties: 1. Does the cap violate the Illinois Constitution’s prohibition on “special legislation,” Art. IV, § 3, because it unnecessarily, arbitrarily, and irrationally grants exceptional benefits and privileges exclusively to certain classes of tort defendants. 2. Does the cap violate the Illinois Constitution’s guarantee of “equal protection,” Art. I, § 2, because it unnecessarily, arbitrarily, and irrationally imposes extraordinary burdens uniquely upon certain classes and sub-classes of tort plaintiffs.
AB - Illinois Public Act 82-280, § 2-1706.5, as amended by P.A. 94-677, § 330 (eff. Aug. 25, 2005), and as codified as 735 ILCS 5/2-1706.5(a), imposes a $500,000 “cap” on the noneconomic damages that may be awarded in a medical malpractice suit against a physician or other health care professional, and a $1 million “cap” on the noneconomic damages that may be awarded against a hospital, its affiliates, or their employees. This brief will address two of the questions presented for review by the parties: 1. Does the cap violate the Illinois Constitution’s prohibition on “special legislation,” Art. IV, § 3, because it unnecessarily, arbitrarily, and irrationally grants exceptional benefits and privileges exclusively to certain classes of tort defendants. 2. Does the cap violate the Illinois Constitution’s guarantee of “equal protection,” Art. I, § 2, because it unnecessarily, arbitrarily, and irrationally imposes extraordinary burdens uniquely upon certain classes and sub-classes of tort plaintiffs.
KW - Tort reform
UR - https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/497
M3 - Other contribution
T3 - Default journal
ER -