MacDonald v. City Hospital, Inc.

Docket Number35543
Decision Date22 June 2011

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29 cases
  • Chan v. Curran
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • June 9, 2015
    ...to the perceived medical malpractice crisis was logically followed by action designed to control costs.”]; MacDonald v. City Hospital, Inc. (2011) 227 W.Va. 707, 720, 715 S.E.2d 405 [“The Legislature could have rationally believed that decreasing the cap on noneconomic damages would reduce ......
  • Miller v. WesBanco Bank, Inc.
    • United States
    • West Virginia Supreme Court
    • June 11, 2021
    ...of discretion. Marsch v. American Elec. Power Co. , 207 W. Va. 174, 180, 530 S.E.2d 173, 179 (1999). MacDonald v. City Hosp., Inc. , 227 W. Va. 707, 715, 715 S.E.2d 405, 413 (2011). See also Lunsford v. Shy , 243 W. Va. 175, 181, 842 S.E.2d 728, 734 (2020) ("[A]s a general proposition, we r......
  • State v. Nibert
    • United States
    • West Virginia Supreme Court
    • June 4, 2013
    ...of West Virginia authorizes the Legislature to enact statutes that abrogate the common law[.]” MacDonald v. City Hosp., Inc., 227 W.Va. 707, 715, 715 S.E.2d 405, 413 (2011). We equally have recognized that “[t]he common law, if not repugnant of the Constitution of this State, continues as t......
  • State v. Louk
    • United States
    • West Virginia Supreme Court
    • May 27, 2016
    ...“ ‘is not a license for courts to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic of legislative choices.’ ” MacDonald v. City Hosp., Inc., 227 W.Va. 707, 722, 715 S.E.2d 405, 420 (2011) (quoting Federal Communications Comm'n v. Beach Communications, Inc., 508 U.S. 307, 313, 113 S.Ct. 2096, 124 L.Ed.2......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Toward a Theory of Medical Malpractice
    • United States
    • Iowa Law Review No. 97-4, May 2012
    • May 1, 2012
    ...constitutionality of Ohio’s cap because statutory exception was made for seriously injured victims); MacDonald v. City Hosp., Inc., 715 S.E.2d 405, 413–22 (W. Va. 2011) (upholding the constitutionality of West Virginia’s two-tier cap). But see Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehut......