Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 66: Difference between revisions

* ''Lucas v. United States'', 757 S.W.2d 687, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9397562048417946578#p692 692] (Tex. 1988) (footnote omitted) ("[W]e agree with the statement by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire: 'It is simply unfair and unreasonable to impose the burden of supporting the medical care industry solely upon those persons who are most severely injured and therefore most in need of compensation.' ''Carson v. Maurer'', 120 N.H. 925, 424 A.2d 825, 837 (1980). For the reasons stated in this opinion, our answer to the certified question is that the limitation on medical malpractice damages in Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4590i, §§ 11.02 and 11.03, is inconsistent with and violative of article I, section 13, of the Texas Constitution.")