Constitutionality of the Texas Statute Limiting Liability for Medical Malpractice

Examines the constitutionality of Texas tort reform limiting liability for medical malpractice claims. These statutes are the result of the lobbying efforts of concerned groups “designed to alleviate the alleged crisis in the cost and availability of medical liability insurance.” Texas tort reform law, among other measures, cap judgments at $500,000. The author believes that there is “no interest in the general welfare that can justify the overriding” of interests of “patients suffering catastrophic injuries in such a situation [that are now] without a remedy corresponding to the actual damages suffered.”