Pentagon raises cap on military medical malpractice claims

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Pentagon raises cap on military medical malpractice claims
By Meghann Myers
Oct 20, 02:44 PM
Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, is the target of a malpractice claim by a Special Forces soldier whose throat cancer went undiagnosed. (Army)

Troops who win medical malpractice claims against Defense Department hospitals and doctors can now receive up to $750,000 in damages, the Pentagon announced Friday.

The increase, up from the previous $600,000 cap, applies only to non-economic damages, Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a DoD spokesman, said in a statement. Economic damages, including loss of wages due to malpractice, are not capped.

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