(Italics added.) Location: Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center. 1984) 672 S.W.2d 296; Kenyon v. Hammer (1984) 142 Ariz. 69 [688 P.2d 961].). 539], it has been clear that the constitutionality of measures affecting such economic rights under the due [38 Cal.3d 158] process clause does not depend on a judicial assessment of the justifications for the legislation or of the wisdom or fairness of the enactment [i.e., the "adequacy" of the quid pro quo]. 1 3333.1 [abrogation of collateral source rule]. When he appeared for his appointment, plaintiff was examined by a nurse practitioner, Cheryl Welch, who was working under the supervision of a physician-consultant, Dr. Wintrop Frantz; plaintiff was aware that Nurse Welch was a nurse practitioner and he did not ask to see a doctor. In American Bank, supra, 36 Cal.3d at page 398 (dis. ), FN 11. Search doctors, conditions, or procedures . [A] defendant with theoretically 'unlimited' liability may be unable to pay a judgment once obtained.'" [38 Cal.3d 149] Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. (1946) 328 U.S. 217 [90 L.Ed. The physicians of the Southeast Permanente Medical Group are focused on one thing: Delivering high-quality care to nearly 300,000 patients who entrust us with their health. In rejecting a similar challenge to the periodic payment provision at issue in American Bank, we explained that "[i]t is well established that a plaintiff has no vested property right in a particular measure of damages, and that the Legislature possesses broad authority to modify the scope and nature of such damages. callback: cb After the verdict was returned, defendant requested the court to modify the award and enter a judgment pursuant to three separate provisions of MICRA: (1) Civil Code section 3333.2 which places a $250,000 limit on noneconomic damages, (2) Civil Code section 3333.1 which alters the collateral source rule, and (3) Code of Civil Procedure section 667.7 which provides for the periodic payment of damages. (See American Bank, supra, 36 Cal.3d at p. Nonetheless, as we have already explained in our discussion of section 3333.2, a plaintiff has no vested property right in a particular measure of damages. Although reasonable persons can certainly disagree as to the wisdom of this provision, fn. FN 2. (See, e.g., Helfend v. Southern Cal. J.).) In my view, it is remarkable that neither of these decisions previously considered to be leading opinions on the application of equal protection analysis in the personal injury area is capable of being distinguished in any MICRA majority opinion. Apply Pediatrics Hospitalist NICU (Per Diem) in Santa Clara Pediatrics. (See, e.g., Code Civ. ), Faced with the prospect that, in the absence of some cost reduction, medical malpractice plaintiffs might as a realistic matter have difficulty collecting judgments for any of their damages pecuniary as well as nonpecuniary the Legislature concluded that it was in the public interest to attempt to obtain some cost savings by limiting noneconomic damages. To begin with, even if membership in Kaiser is not itself disqualifying, it is not apparent that the trial court abused the broad discretion it retains over the jury selection process (see, e.g., Rousseau v. West Coast House Movers (1967) 256 Cal.App.2d 878, 883-886 [64 Cal.Rptr. 148, 582 P.2d 604], quoting Newland v. Board of Governors (1977) 19 Cal.3d 705, 711 [139 Cal.Rptr. Although there is some authority to support the notion that damages for the lost years should be assessed on the basis of plaintiff's "net" loss (see The Lost Years, supra, 50 Cal.L.Rev. [2] Although defendant attempts to fit this case within the proviso of the above rule on the theory that the removal of the Kaiser members rendered the jury panel unconstitutionally nonrepresentative (cf. Proc., 667.7 [exception to general rule requiring immediate lump sum payment of a judgment]; Bus. [38 Cal.3d 145]. & Tel. Plaintiff's claims are based on a constitutional challenge similar to the challenges [38 Cal.3d 143] to other provisions of MICRA that we recently addressed and rejected in American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital (1984) 36 Cal.3d 359 [204 Cal.Rptr. The Permanent Medical Group, Inc. is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with over 9,000 physicians, 22 medical centers, numerous clinics throughout Northern and Central The majority of out-of-state cases that have passed on the issue have upheld the validity of provisions modifying the collateral source rule in medical malpractice cases. In McKernan v. Los Angeles Gas etc. 816, 689 P.2d 446], and Roa v. Lodi Medical Group, Inc. (1985) 37 Cal.3d 920 [211 Cal.Rptr. For example, just before reading the instructions on causation, the court read the following instructions: "A plaintiff who was injured as a proximate result of some negligent conduct on the part of a defendant is entitled to recover compensation for such injury from that defendant. The "general damage/special damage" distinction drawn by section 48a is similar to the "noneconomic damage/economic damage" distinction established by section 3333.2. Spread out over the expected lifetime of a young person, $250,000 shrinks to insignificance. As with all of the MICRA provisions that we have examined in recent cases, the Legislature could properly restrict the statute's application to medical malpractice cases because the provision was intended to help meet problems that had specifically arisen in the medical malpractice field. 6-7, & fns. 31.) Such payments shall only be subject to modification in the event of the death of the judgment creditor. Depending on the relative size of a particular plaintiff's economic and noneconomic damages, the present limit might produce more or less harsh results than the Illinois statute. Less than one year ago, this court rejected the first MICRA challenge, upholding the periodic payment provision. 1974) Torts, 629, pp. ), FN 18. Ohio Permanente Medical Group Physicians & Surgeons Website 41 YEARS IN BUSINESS (216) 524-7377 1001 Lakeside Ave E Ste 1200 Cleveland, OH 44114 CLOSED NOW 2. 10 Although, to our knowledge, the lost years issue has not been previously decided in California, recovery of such damages is consistent with the general rule permitting an award based on the loss of future earnings a plaintiff is likely to suffer "because of inability to work for as long a period of time in the future as he could have done had he not sustained the accident." FN 4. [38 Cal.3d 171], Moreover, for many plaintiffs the present limit may be no less harsh than the $500,000 limit on total damages struck down by the Illinois Supreme Court in Wright v. Central Du Page Hospital Association, supra, 347 N.E.2d at page 741. Given these facts, the jury could not reasonably have found Nurse Welch negligent under the physician standard of care without also finding Dr. Redding who had more information and to whom the physician standard of care was properly applicable similarly negligent. Yet an intermediate test of equal protection has [38 Cal.3d 179] received frequent approval from many reputable sources. Code, tit. The jury is directed to award damages only in the amount of the plaintiff's injuries. opn., ante, at p. If there must be a windfall certainly it is more just that the injured person shall profit therefrom, rather than the wrongdoer ." (Grayson v. Williams (10th Cir. PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2 Providers 1600 Eureka Rd, Roseville CA, 95661 Make an Appointment (203) 576-5425 PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. is a medical group practice located in Roseville, CA that specializes in Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Although Dr. Swan acknowledged that some of plaintiff's other coronary arteries also suffer from disease, he felt that if plaintiff had been properly treated his future life expectancy would be decreased by only 10 to 15 percent, rather than half. A Health While the majority have considered the cumulative financial effect of these provisions on insurers to support their conclusion that MICRA might have some desirable impact on insurance rates (see maj. & Welf., Rep. of Sect. (See Fraijo v. Hartland Hospital (1979) 99 Cal.App.3d 331, 340-344 [160 Cal.Rptr. } 1293-1294 (emphasis in original)." When negligent conduct of two or more persons contributes concurrently as proximate causes of an injury, the conduct of each of said persons is a proximate cause of the injury regardless of the extent to which each contributes to the injury. Our data shows that employees in healthcare roles earn the highest wages at The Permanente Medical Group, with an average yearly salary of $105,653. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. " (Ibid. [4] First, defendant contends that an instruction on concurrent causation fn. This software has many innovative features and you can trap a Bull or Bear in REAL TIME! The forum for the correction of ill-considered legislation is a responsive legislature.". 24336. See generally 4 Witkin, Summary of Cal. (Ibid. } In 1977, the Legislature adopted legislation specifically related to "nurse practitioners," providing that a "nurse practitioner" must be both a registered nurse and also meet the standards for nurse practitioner established by the Board of Registered Nursing. 77, 695 P.2d 164]. Because section 3333.1, subdivision (a) is likely to lead to lower malpractice awards, there can be no question but that this provision like section 3333.2 directly relates to MICRA's objective of reducing the costs incurred by malpractice defendants and their insurers. Indeed, even if due process principles required some "quid pro quo" to support the statute, it would be difficult to say that the preservation of a viable medical malpractice insurance industry in this state was not an adequate benefit for the detriment the legislation imposes on malpractice plaintiffs. [] If the person harmed is alive at the time of trial, ordinarily the opinion of experts on the probable diminution of the plaintiff's life expectancy as a result of the tort is admissible as bearing upon the impairment of future earning capacity. You can access your electronic health care and coverage information with non-Kaiser Permanente (third party) web and mobile applications. [S.F. Where is PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. located? You may simultaneously update Amibroker, Metastock, Ninja Trader & MetaTrader 4 with MoneyMaker Software. In conclusion, section 3333.1 permits negligent healthcare providers and their insurers to reap the benefits of their victims' foresight in obtaining insurance. 173, 465 P.2d 61, 77 A.L.R.3d 398] [hereafter Helfend].) (See Anderson v. Wagner (1979) 79 Ill.2d 295 [402 N.E.2d 560, 564] [explaining decision in Wright, supra, 347 N.E.2d 736]; Arneson v. Olson, supra, 270 N.W.2d 125, 135.) 13.) 537; Schwartz, The Collateral Source Rule (1961) 41 B.U.L.Rev. Co. (1911) 16 Cal.App. The business address is 3779 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611-5347. Business Information Businesses with the same name Location Information Businesses in the same zip code Similar Entities Businesses with similar names Money Maker Software enables you to conduct more efficient analysis in Stock, Commodity, Forex & Comex Markets. (See American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital, supra, 36 Cal.3d 359, 378.). We have conducted such an inquiry in all of these cases, and have found that the statutory classifications are rationally related to the "realistically conceivable legislative purpose[s]" (Cooper, supra, 21 Cal.3d at p. 851) of MICRA. We have not invented fictitious purposes that could not have been within the contemplation of the Legislature (see Brown v. Merlo, supra, 8 Cal.3d at p. 865, fn. 32.). Yes, the pay is good at The Permanente Medical Group. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at The Permanente Medical Group. 4867 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90027. 2 reduced the noneconomic damages to $250,000, reduced the award for past lost wages to $5,430 deducting $19,303 that plaintiff had already received in disability payments as compensation for such lost wages and ordered defendant to pay the first $63,000 of any future medical expenses not covered by medical insurance provided by plaintiff's employer, as such expenses were incurred. Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Cntr Bldg is a medical group practice located in Los Angeles, CA that specializes in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. 620, 566 P.2d 254]. The billing department is the worst I have ever dealt with. As we noted in Roa, supra (37 Cal.3d at p. 932, fn. I part company with the Chief Justice only in regard to the equal protection test employed. In Prendergast a three-justice plurality of the Nebraska Supreme Court expressed their view that a $500,000 limit on damages should be upheld. ), Defendant alternatively argues that the jury should have been instructed to deduct from plaintiff's prospective gross earnings of the lost years, the "saved" cost of necessities that plaintiff would not incur during that period. In the past year alone, that number has doubled. However, it is no longer possible to ignore the overall pattern of the MICRA scheme. (Robison v. Atchison, Topeka & S. F. Ry. 525-526.) In attempting to reduce the cost of [38 Cal.3d 159] medical malpractice insurance in MICRA, the Legislature enacted a variety of provisions affecting doctors, insurance companies and malpractice plaintiffs. The content on Healthgrades does not provide medical advice. In the mid-1970's, California was only one of many states to include a modification of the collateral source rule as a part of its medical malpractice reform legislation (see Comment, An Analysis of State Legislative Responses to the Medical Malpractice Crisis (1975) Duke L.J. Title / Specialty. The case went to judgment only against Permanente. Our physicians innovate every day for better outcomes for patients, supported by some of the most comprehensive disease registries in the world and an integrated health care model. Law (8th ed. 2. Posted. The Permanente Federation, LLC. The one exception is Carson v. Maurer, supra, 424 A.2d 825, in which the New Hampshire court struck down a provision which imposed a limit only on noneconomic damages, a statute apparently modeled on section 3333.2. First, as we have already explained, the Legislature clearly had a reasonable basis for drawing a distinction between economic and noneconomic damages, providing that the desired cost savings should be obtained only by limiting the recovery of noneconomic damage. Although the Legislature normally enjoys wide latitude in distributing the burdens of personal injuries, the singling out of such a minuscule and vulnerable group violates even the most undemanding standard of underinclusiveness. (See pp. Section 602 does not define with precision the degree of "interest" or connection with a party that will support a challenge for cause, fn. fn. 7,752,060 and 8,719,052. 20 Under section 3333.1, subdivision (a), a medical malpractice defendant is permitted to introduce evidence of such collateral source benefits received by or payable to the plaintiff; when a defendant chooses to introduce such evidence, the plaintiff may introduce evidence of the amounts he has paid in insurance premiums, for example to secure the benefits. Always consult a medical provider for diagnosis and treatment. 671, 683 P.2d 670], Barme v. Wood (1984) 37 Cal.3d 174 [207 Cal.Rptr. In Blackwell v. American Film Co. (1922) 189 Cal. ), The burden on medical malpractice victims is no less real by virtue of the fact that it is "noneconomic" injury which goes uncompensated. Although the trial court rejected plaintiff's constitutional challenge to the periodic payment provision a conclusion consistent with our recent decision in American Bank it nonetheless denied defendant's request, interpreting section 667.7 as affording a trial court discretion in determining whether to enter a periodic payment judgment and concluding that on the facts of this case the legislative purpose of section 667.7 "would be defeated rather than promoted by ordering periodic payments rather than a lump sum award." { * Medical/dental/vision coverage * Supplemental medical coverage * Special dependent coverage * Vacation/holiday/sick/education time and leave (prorated to work schedule)* Retirement and savings plans * Relocation package * Professional liability coverage. Beaches are nearby; mountains and desert are an hour away, and the weather enables year-round outdoor activities. Further, section 3333.1 operates only as a rule of evidence. Call Directions. (Id., at p. 19 Section 3333.2, of course, could have no such effect. The EKG showed that plaintiff was suffering from a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction). When the chest pain returned again while he was working at his office that evening, he became concerned for his health and, the following morning, called the office of his regular physician, Dr. Arlene Brandwein, who was employed by defendant Permanente Medical Group, an affiliate of the Kaiser Health Foundation (Kaiser). [] (f) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this section to authorize the entry of judgments in malpractice actions against health care providers which provide for the payment of future damages through periodic payments rather than lump-sum payments. 435, 586 P.2d 916] (conc. As the court explained in Dragovich v. Slosson (1952) 110 Cal.App.2d 370, 371 [242 P.2d 945]: "'Since a defendant or a party is not entitled to a jury composed of any particular jurors, the court may of its own motion discharge a qualified juror without committing any error, provided there is finally selected a jury composed of qualified and competent persons.'" Instead, they continue to defer to the Legislature's resolution of the "crisis," with dire consequences both for victims of medical negligence and for well-established principles of constitutional law. If "fairness" can justify the present limit, it is hard to imagine a statute that could be invalidated under the majority's version of equal protection scrutiny. However, the Indiana statute did more than restrict malpractice victims' recoveries. We are a leader in disease prevention, early intervention, and world-class specialty treatment, including cardiovascular care, perinatal care, neurosurgical care, sepsis survival, and more. The initial paragraph of this instruction tracks BAJI No. 77, 695 P.2d 164]), that deprive them of compensation for proven noneconomic damages greater than $250,000 (maj. If the trial court had ordered such damages paid periodically over the time period when the loss was expected to be incurred, the damages would have been paid in their entirety after plaintiff's expected death, and thus if the life expectancy predictions were accurate plaintiff would not have received any of this element of damages. to Assem. Bill No. Rapid Transit Dist. After full briefing, the court rejected the constitutional attack. Bill No. The Permanente Medical Group is the largest medical group in the United States and one of the most distinguished. (1970) 2 Cal.3d 1, 9-10 [84 Cal.Rptr. Plaintiff did not claim that the heart attack would reduce his earning capacity during his lifetime. The PMGs work collaboratively, enabled by state-of-the-art technology, to provide preventive and world-class complex care in eight states from Hawaii to Maryland and the District of Columbia. 388, 506 P.2d 212, 66 A.L.R.3d 505], Cooper v. Bray (1978) 21 Cal.3d 841 [148 Cal.Rptr. In contrast to the provisions so far upheld by this court, there is no pretense that the $250,000 limit on noneconomic damages affects only windfalls (compare American Bank, supra, 36 Cal.3d at p. 369), that it protects plaintiffs' awards (compare ibid. } However, I conditioned that rejection on the belief grounded in the past practice of this court that the alternative was a two-tier system with a meaningful level of scrutiny under the lower tier. Although, by its terms, subdivision (a) simply adds a new category of evidence that is admissible in a medical malpractice action, we recognize that in reality the provision affects the measure of a plaintiff's damage award, permitting the jury to reduce an award on the basis of collateral source benefits of which but for the statute the jury would be unaware. He stated that as a result of the attack a large portion of plaintiff's heart muscle had died, reducing plaintiff's future life expectancy by about one-half, to about 16 or 17 years. Plaintiff does raise a minor contention, however, which is somewhat related to this matter. Some cases have found error when a trial court has failed to excuse such persons for cause (see, e.g., M & A Electric Power Cooperative v. Georger (Mo. 12.) L.Rev. etc. (Maj. Facility. As Justice Traynor explained in Werner v. Southern Cal. 14) and declined to apply it to the case at bar. (See American Bank, supra, 36 Cal.3d 359.) 384]; Ayer v. Boyle (1974) 37 Cal.App.3d 822 [112 Cal.Rptr. })(); Exceptional Care Experience. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of The Permanente Medical Group and its employees or that of Zippia. Brown was subsequently followed in Cooper v. Bray, supra, 21 Cal.3d 841. Plaintiff also challenges section 3333.1, which deprives medical malpractice victims of the benefits of the longstanding collateral source rule. Whether we are providing world-class care to our community or participating in groundbreaking research, our The jury awarded $24,733 for wages lost by plaintiff to the time of trial, $63,000 for future medical expenses, and $700,000 for wages lost in the future as a result of the reduction in plaintiff's life expectancy. [3] Defendant next contends that the trial court misinstructed the jury on the standard of care by which Nurse Welch's conduct should be judged. Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center and Hence, the rule "will not usually give him [38 Cal.3d 177] 'double recovery,' but partially provides a somewhat closer approximation to full compensation for his injuries." ), (dis. 671, 683 P.2d 670] [hereafter American Bank]), that prohibit them from paying the market rate for legal representation (Roa v. Lodi Medical Group (1985) 37 Cal.3d 920 [211 Cal.Rptr. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by The Permanente Medical Group. Sess.) Location. (Id., at p. Dr. Swan also testified to the damage caused by the attack. Were dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities. As Cooper explains, under the traditional, rational relationship equal protection standard, what is required is that the court "'conduct "a serious and genuine judicial inquiry into the correspondence between the classification and the legislative goals."'" Customer Service Information To find out about each medical groups doctors and locations, health plans accepted, appointment hours, after hours services, urgent care services, and more go to http://www.kp.org Customer service phone number: 800-464-4000, 800-788-0616 (Spanish), 800-757-7585 (Chinese) Customer service TTY/TDD number: TTY 711 Sess. In upholding the section's constitutionality, [38 Cal.3d 166] we explained that a collateral source has no vested due process right to subrogation and that section 3333.1, subdivision (b) is rationally related to the purposes of MICRA since it reduces the costs imposed on medical malpractice defendants by shifting some of the costs in the area to other insurers. opn., ante, at p. 159, fn. Alternately, the Legislature could have reduced all noneconomic damage awards in medical malpractice actions by a pro rata amount. (function() { The center's Graduate Medical Education program is another hallmark, along with our established culture of collaboration and accountability. Customer service is the second-lowest paying organizational function at The Permanente Medical Group, where the workers earn $47,209 per year. However, as amici California Hospital Association and California Medical Association candidly admit, most large recoveries come in cases involving permanent damage to infants or to young, previously healthy adults. Competitive Compensation and Benefit PackageThe comprehensive benefits and longevity based compensation package offered by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) enables physicians to focus on what they do best - provide their patients with exceptional care. Furthermore, the trial court may reasonably have felt that the process of conducting an extensive voir dire of all Kaiser members might itself prejudice prospective jurors who did not belong to Kaiser. 6 Although plaintiff was certainly entitled to have the jury determine (1) whether defendant medical center was negligent in permitting a nurse practitioner to see a patient who exhibited the symptoms of which plaintiff complained and (2) whether Nurse Welch met the standard of care of a reasonably prudent nurse practitioner in conducting the examination and prescribing treatment in conjunction with her supervising physician, the court should not have told the jury that the nurse's conduct in this case must as a matter of law be measured by the standard of care of a physician or surgeon. By authorizing periodic payment judgments, it is the further intent of the legislature that the courts will utilize such judgments to provide compensation sufficient to meet the needs of an injured plaintiff and those persons who are dependent on the plaintiff for whatever period is necessary while eliminating the potential windfall from a lump-sum recovery which was intended to provide for the care of an injured plaintiff over an extended period who then dies shortly after the judgment is paid, leaving the balance of the judgment award to persons and purposes for which it was not intended. These plaintiffs have been deprived of the benefit of various general rules that normally govern personal injury litigation. [10] With respect to the first contention, it should be evident from what we have already said that the Legislature limited the application of section 3333.2 to medical malpractice cases because it was responding to an insurance "crisis" in that particular area and that the statute is rationally related to the legislative purpose. ), FN 17. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - $235,055. fn. (See Austin v. Litvak (Colo. 1984) 682 P.2d 41; Baptist Hosp. Didn't tradition of providing quality medical care. ), However, it is not enough that the statute as a whole might tend to serve the asserted purpose. Save Agent. Co., supra, 16 Cal.App. (See Brown v. Merlo, supra, 8 Cal.3d at p. 882; Cooper v. Bray, supra, 21 Cal.3d at p. Section 3333.2 provides in relevant part: "(a) In any [medical malpractice] action the injured plaintiff shall be entitled to recover noneconomic losses to compensate for pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement and other nonpecuniary damage. Requirements: (Assem. In addition, it is argued that no immediate cost or premium savings will be generated by a ceiling on non-economic losses because questions regarding the constitutionality of such statutes would have to be finally resolved before the insurance companies would reflect any potential savings in their rates; and because the ceiling might prove to be the norm." Fein v. Permanente Medical Group (1985) 38 Cal.3d 137 , 211 Cal.Rptr. 10.). Please enter a valid 5-digit Zip Code. at p. As noted earlier (see p. 146, fn. (Maj. However, the MICRA majority opinions have made no attempt to assess the over- or under-inclusiveness of the legislative classifications at issue. fn. As I wrote in Hawkins, supra, 22 Cal.3d at page 595, "the ultimate acceptance of an intermediate test is foreordained in Supreme Court opinions: the question is not whether, but when, the third test will become standard. Third Party materials included herein protected under copyright law. Its position was simply that in light of the symptoms described and exhibited by plaintiff at the time of the examinations, neither Nurse Welch nor Dr. Redding was negligent in failing to order an EKG, and that, in any event, the heart attack could not have been prevented even if an EKG had been performed at either time. Such matters would, of course, not be admissible in the actual trial of the case, and the court may have feared that such revelations on voir dire might "taint" all of the other prospective jurors in the courtroom. Similarly, in Carson v. Maurer, supra, 424 A.2d at pages 835-836, the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously overturned a kindred provision, [38 Cal.3d 178] reasoning that it "arbitrarily and unreasonably discriminate[d] in favor of the class of health care providers." After examining plaintiff and taking a history, Nurse Welch left the room to consult with Dr. Frantz. Thereafter, the bill was amended to provide simply that a court "may" provide for periodic payments. 2 Harper & James[, The Law of Torts (1956)] 24.6, pp. Plaintiff testified that he did not feel that the problem was so severe as to require immediate treatment at Kaiser Hospital's emergency room, and that he worked until the time for his scheduled appointment. 951. FN 3. 9.5, ch. (See maj. (Morris, Liability for Pain and Suffering, 59 Columb.L.Rev. Nor can we agree with amicus' contention that the $250,000 limit is unconstitutional because the Legislature could have realized its hoped-for cost [38 Cal.3d 163] savings by mandating a fixed-percentage reduction of all noneconomic damage awards. J. 12 [38 Cal.3d 156], [8] Nonetheless, for several reasons relating to the specific facts of this case, we conclude that the trial court judgment should not be reversed on this ground. (833) 574-2273. He took an extra day to discharge us..racking up huge charges. 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