Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. Heather Ramsey, APRN-CNM
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2017No. 16-1022, No. 16-1024PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
After a jury awarded $17 million to a child born with severe brain damage, the district court3 applied Nebraska’s tort-reform act to reduce the verdict by almost 90 *1043percent, to $1.75 million. The court declined, though, to retry the case based on alleged errors and omissions in the jury instructions. The child appeals the application and constitutionality of the Nebraska act. The hospital appeals the refusal to retry the case. For the reasons below, we affirm.
I. Background,
A. The Nebraska Hospital Medical Liability Act
More than 40 years ago, the Nebraska legislature…
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