Torts/Personal Injury
Aug. 17, 2026
Weighing California's medical malpractice cap increase
Nearly 50 years after MICRA's enactment, California's medical malpractice landscape is evolving in ways that affect both injured patients and the practice of law.
Jacob A. Brender
Associate
Hodes Milman LLP
9210 Irvine Center Dr
Irvine , CA 92618
Phone: (949) 640-8222
Email: jbrender@hml.law
Chapman University SOL; Orange CA
California's medical malpractice system has long been shaped by one of the most influential tort reform measures in the United States: the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975, commonly known as MICRA. For nearly 50 years, MICRA's limits on damages defined the economic realities of medical negligence litigation. But recent legislative changes have significantly altered that landscape, creating new opportunities for injured patients while also raising concerns ab...
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