2003 Senate Bill 633

Introduced in the Senate

July 16, 2003

Introduced by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R-33)

To allow a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case to recover economic and non-economic damages in proportion to the loss of opportunity to survive or achieve a better result that was proximately caused in whole or in part by the alleged malpractice. Under current law a plaintiff cannot recover damages unless the chances to survive or to achieve a better result were greater than 50 percent.

Referred to the Committee on Local, Urban, and State Affairs