{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"university-physician-associates-et-al","displayName":"University Physician Associates, et al.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc98977:2021-07-22","opinionId":"c2b7c733-e4d1-5be4-8eb4-e08085a20a2f","slug":"maria-del-carmen-ordinola-velazquez-appellant-respondent-v-university-phy-c98977","caseName":"Maria del Carmen Ordinola Velazquez, Appellant-Respondent, vs. University Physician Associates, et al., Respondents-Appellants.","caseNumber":"SC98977","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2021-07-22","year":2021,"display_summary":"Maria del Carmen Ordinola Velazquez sued University Physician Associates and other physicians for medical negligence during childbirth and postpartum care, resulting in severe injuries. A jury awarded her damages, but the circuit court reduced the non-economic damages award by applying a statutory cap for catastrophic personal injury under § 538.210.2(2), RSMo. Ordinola appealed the constitutionality of the damage caps, and the Physicians cross-appealed several procedural rulings. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, holding that the statutory damage caps are constitutional as medical negligence is now a statutorily created cause of action, and found no error in the circuit court's other rulings.","primaryTopic":"negligence","topicSlugs":["negligence","personal-injury","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178958","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/maria-del-carmen-ordinola-velazquez-appellant-respondent-v-university-phy-c98977","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: personal-injury","topic: negligence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"medical-malpractice","label":"Medical Malpractice","href":"/practice-areas/medical-malpractice","score":8,"source":"text","evidence":["text: medical negligence","text: physician"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/medical-malpractice"}],"role":"respondent"}]}