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Senate adopts compromise tort reform for emergency-care claims with four-year sunset
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a third-substitute of SB79, a negotiated compromise targeting emergency-room malpractice standards by raising the proof threshold and including a four-year sunset; supporters framed it as narrow and negotiated with trial lawyers and medical groups. The measure passed after floor questions and assurances about limits to emergency care (23–1).
The Utah Senate adopted a negotiated compromise on medical-malpractice reform Monday, approving the third-substitute to Senate Bill 79. Sponsors said the measure is narrowly drawn to address emergency-room care and raises the required proof for a plaintiff to show breach of the standard of care in emergency settings, and it includes a four-year sunset.
"What the substitute bill does . . .…
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