A bill that would reform the nation’s medical malpractice laws would undermine public safety by limiting attorney fees and possibly preventing lawsuits by injured patients, a visiting professor from Georgetown University Law Center told a U.S. House subcommittee.
The Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2011 would impose limits on contingent fees ranging from 40 percent of a recovery up to $50,000 to 15 percent of any recovery over $600,000.
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