United States Seventh Circuit

Maryland's cap on noneconomic damages is a substantive rather than a procedural law, and where an Illinois plaintiff suffered an injury in a Maryland hospital, the cap applies to a medical malpractice claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/20/2003
• Decided 06/24/2003
• Published 06/24/2003

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald C. CLark, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William G. Cole (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.