Malpractice 'Caps' Treat Women, Children and Seniors as Second-Class Citizens
Category: POLITICS
When a state 'caps' non-economic damages, politicians have essentially decided to value the destruction of someone's life by what that person would have earned in the marketplace, since lost earning are never 'capped.' This promotes a kind of caste system.
By Joanne Doroshow, ContributorCenter for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School, 2014-10-29