Supreme Court of Kansas· 6/3/1988

Kansas Malpractice Victims Coalition v. Bell

Citations

757 P.2d 251
243 Kan. 333
1988 Kan. LEXIS 126

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commenting that Shade “upheld the validity of worker’s compensation legislation because coverage under the act was elective”
finding that $1 million limit on medical malpractice recovery, with $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages, offended constitutional right to “remedy by due course of law,” where no quid pro quo provided
rejecting argument that “removal of a remedy can be justified any time by public need”
upholding the validity of a statute which eliminated vicarious liability in medical malpractice actions
upholding the validity of a statute which eliminated vicarious liability in medical malpractice actions
upholding the validity of a statute which eliminated vicarious liability in medical malpractice actions

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Judges: Prager, McFarland, Holmes

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