Tort reform takes center stage in Madison

A proposal that would limit lawsuits against health care providers took center stage Tuesday as debate officially began on Governor Scott Walker’s special session on the economy. The sweeping tort reform bill would, among other things, prohibit the use of "peer review" records of health care providers in civil or criminal cases against those providers. It would also limit non-economic damages against long-term care providers and exempt certain acts or omissions by health care providers from criminal liability. (WHN, 1/11)