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Lawyers object to malpractice caps

New York lawyers and consumer groups are pushing back against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to cap non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits.

“We are putting on a full-court press,” Stephen Younger, president of the New York State Bar Association, told Newsday on Monday.

Cuomo’s proposal would cap non-economic damages -- also known as pain-and-suffering...

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