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Reforms or unfair limits? State lawmakers reach a deal to cap jury awards.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Reforms or unfair limits? State lawmakers reach a deal to cap jury awards.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Melissa Jenco Daily Herald Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD - To sort through just how the state's proposed medical malpractice reforms will affect the suburbs, consider the examples of David Rasmussen of St. Charles and Alex Ruppenthal of Naperville.

Rasmussen and his family received a $2.4 million settlement after a hip replacement surgery left him paralyzed on his right side.

But after legal fees, medical bills and a theft from his trust fund, the St. Charles family had to go on public aid.

Rasmussen's wife Mary says if there had been limits on how much medical malpractice victims could receive, her husband's settlement...

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