{"id":752,"date":"2011-03-27T23:17:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T05:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2011-03-27T23:17:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T05:17:25","slug":"new-york-senator-lobbies-to-get-rid-of-caps-on-lawyer-malpractice-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/new-york-senator-lobbies-to-get-rid-of-caps-on-lawyer-malpractice-fees.html","title":{"rendered":"New York Senator Lobbies To Get Rid Of Caps On Lawyer Malpractice Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The hot-potato topic of medical malpractice is stirring up controversy in New York State.<\/p>\r\n

In this instance, the brouhaha is over an alleged conflict of interest on the part of state Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, who is chairman of the Finance Committee as well as serving “of counsel”\u00a0for a medical-malpractice law firm, DeFrancisco & Falgiatano, according to the New York Post,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/local\/lawyer_pol_bids_for_higher_malpractice_0uP9h1C93p5NNF6H9wXe7O<\/a><\/p>\r\n

DeFrancisco has been supporting a bill that would abolish a cap\u00a0on legal fees in medical malpractice cases, the Post reported.<\/p>\r\n

Some watchdog groups\u00a0claim that putting an end to limits on\u00a0attorney contingency fees will cause malpractice-insurance premiums to skyrocket and will\u00a0mean smaller payouts to patients. I think this is a kneejerk reaction.<\/p>\r\n

New York Gov. Cuomo is advocating that there be\u00a0 $250,000 cap on\u00a0“pain and suffering awards,” which he claims will reduce\u00a0malpractice costs by $700 million. Right now New York lawyers\u00a0have caps on how much of their clients’ award they can keep.<\/p>\r\n

Currently\u00a0attorneys can get up to 30 percent of judgments below $250,000, the Post reported,\u00a0but not any more than 10 percent of awards that are larger than $1.25 million. The bill that DeFrancisco\u00a0supports would throw out those limits.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hot-potato topic of medical malpractice is stirring up controversy in New York State. In this instance, the brouhaha is over an alleged conflict of interest on the part of state Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, who is chairman of the Finance Committee as well as serving “of counsel”\u00a0for a medical-malpractice law firm, DeFrancisco & Falgiatano, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,5,505],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice-attorney","tag-medical-malpractice-caps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t