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Liability Risk and Insurance

Med-mal limit removed

For the first time since Nebraska set a limit on medical malpractice awards in the 1970s (originally US$500,000, subsequently raised to US$1.25mn) a judge has removed the cap as unconstitutional and unfair to the most severely injured.

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