Baez v. Hennessy

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• holding that cap on all damages, including economic damages, does not deny equal protection because it “bears a reasonable relation to a valid legislative purpose—the maintenance of adequate health care services in the Commonwealth of Virginia”
• finding that Virginia's statutory cap on damages in medical malpractice actions does not run afoul of the Seventh Amendment
• holding that statutory cap on all damages, including noneconomic damages, does not violate equal protection because it “bears a reasonable relation to a valid legislative purpose—the maintenance of adequate health care services in the Commonwealth of Virginia”
• holding that statutory cap on all damages, including noneconomic damages, does not violate equal protection because it “bears a reasonable relation to a valid legislative purpose—the maintenance of adequate health care services in the Commonwealth of Virginia”
• finding that Virginia's statutory cap on damages in medical malpractice actions does not run afoul of the Seventh Amendment
• finding that a Virginia state statute that created similar damages caps for certain medical malpractices actions “offends no provision of the Federal Constitution”

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