Interesting discussion during that House floor debate on the medical malpractice bill last week.
The bill, of course, is that idea of the Kansas Medical Society to raise the noneconomic damage cap slowly, from the current $250,000 to an eventual $350,000 for damages which, frankly, are just hard to put a pricetag on.
The case was that of a woman whose surgeon removed the wrong ovary, meaning that as a result of the malpractice, she can’t have children. What’s the pricetag for that noneconomic loss? The court said the $250,000 cap on damages is legal, but doesn’t feel right, and ought to be moved upwards.
Well, that was the basis for the bill, and there wasn’t a lot of opposition to raising the cap.