Arneson v. Olson

How courts have described this case

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• holding a statutory cap of $300,000 on all medical malpractice damages as a violation of equal protection
• holding a statutory cap of $300,000 on all medical malpractice damages as a violation of equal protection
• striking down limitation of health-care provider liability, stating limitation of preexisting right may not be arbitrarily imposed
• applying a heightened level of scrutiny to statute capping economic and noneconomic damages to require a \close correspondence between statutory classification and legislative goals\
• applying a heightened level of scrutiny to statute capping economic and noneconomic damages to require a \close correspondence between statutory classification and legislative goals\
• stating cumulative effect of act as a whole was arbitrary, unreasonable, and discriminatory with no reasonable relation to attainment of results desired

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