U-T San Diego Editorials Weigh In Against Proposed Medical Malpractice Ballot Initiative

A U-T San Diego editorial argues that a proposed ballot initiative that would alter state law to increase the limits on medical malpractice compensation to about $1.1 million "should be seen as part of a larger Golden State legal culture in which trial lawyers use lawsuits and the threat of lawsuits for what amounts to legal extortion." Meanwhile, a separate U-T San Diego editorial that the measure is a "disturbing example" of how "special interests still have far too much sway over state government."

• "Malpractice Ballot Measure: State Needs Broader Legal Reform" (U-T San Diego, 3/26).
• "Malpractice Ballot Measure: Shame on AG Kamala Harris" (U-T San Diego, 3/26).