{"id":6735,"date":"2024-01-23T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:08:25","slug":"jack-walker-discusses-medical-malpractice-cap-in-dallas-morning-news-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/jack-walker-discusses-medical-malpractice-cap-in-dallas-morning-news-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Walker Discusses Medical Malpractice Cap in Dallas Morning News Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">DALLAS \u2013 Martin Walker PC co-founder <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/team\/jack-walker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\">Jack Walker<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"> offered his insights on Texas medical malpractice law in a <i>Dallas Morning News<\/i> article highlighting the $250,000 cap on those cases.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The story follows the death of former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and news that her family intends to sue a rehabilitation center alleging negligent care resulted in a deadly infection.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Mr. Walker said lawsuits like these are limited by Texas\u2019 2003 tort reform law and if it weren\u2019t for the former Congresswoman\u2019s\u00a0notability, many firms would not take the case. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u201cThe main reason that you have medical malpractice is for accountability,\u201d Mr. Walker told <i>The<\/i> <i>Dallas Morning News<\/i>. \u201cThe damage cap itself creates a situation where there are many cases that can\u2019t be brought, which means there are many cases where you can\u2019t hold somebody accountable for medical negligence.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">As incoming President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association for 2025, Mr. Walker hopes to reform the laws around the limitations. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u201cThe Eddie Bernice Johnson case is extremely tragic,\u201d Mr. Walker added, \u201cbut it also is probably one of the only opportunities that I\u2019ve seen in the last 20 years that really shines the light on the fundamental unfairness of this law.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Read the full article <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/health-care\/2024\/01\/19\/the-price-of-a-life-congresswomans-death-is-drawing-attention-to-texas-malpractice-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0563c1;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS \u2013 Martin Walker PC co-founder Jack Walker offered his insights on Texas medical malpractice law in a Dallas Morning News article highlighting the $250,000 cap on those cases. \u00a0 The story follows the death of former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and news that her family intends to sue a rehabilitation center alleging negligent care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6738,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions\/6738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinwalkerlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}