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South Carolina Participates In Medical Malpractice Patient Compensation Funds

Eight states have active patient compensation funds-Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. (We recently summarized the laws creating these funds and have enclosed a copy of that report, OLR 2003-R-0606). These funds, which are sometimes referred to as excess coverage or excess liability funds, pay for medical malpractice judgments or settlements that exceed a statutorily established amount.

South Carolina’s fund appears to be financially sound now based on recent changes including significant increases in annual assessments, newly established procedures, and a new management team but the fund’s director told us it is too soon to be sure. Each of these states, other than Pennsylvania and South Carolina, imposes some sort of a cap on damages. Indiana and Nebraska cap total damages at $ 1,250,000 for doctors who choose to be covered by the fund. Nebraska allows patients to opt out of the fund and thus not be subject to this limit by doing so in writing before receiving treatment.

Large Awards Paid by the Fund:

  • Diet pills prescribed without a complete physical evaluation, causing cardiac arrest and resulting in brain damage
  • Improperly administered anesthesia caused brain damage during cardiac surgery
  • Overdose of morphine to infant caused cardiac and respiratory arrest and brain damage
  • Failure to identify high bilirubin level in a timely manner, resulting in brain damage
  • Failure to promptly deliver baby, causing cerebral palsy
  • Negligent delivery caused brain damage
  • Negligent treatment of brain aneurysm
  • Surgery caused brain injury, and lack of informed consent
  • Negligent treatment caused brain damage

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