Kirkland v. Blaine County Medical Center

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• holding that damage caps did not violate the state's constitutional right to trial by jury
• holding that damage caps did not violate the state's constitutional right to trial by jury
• holding that noneconomic damages cap did not violate separation of powers because Idaho Constitution grants the legislature the power to \modify or abolish common law causes of action'\
• holding that noneconomic damages cap did not violate separation of powers because Idaho Constitution grants the legislature the power to \modify or abolish common law causes of action\
• holding that legislative caps do not infringe on judiciary's power of remittitur
• upholding damages cap because, even though fact-finding is in the exclusive province of the jury, the court must apply the law, which is formulated by the legislature, to the facts found by the jury

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