KY: Suit Challenges Constitutionality of Med Mal Panels

A Kentucky woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that the medical malpractice panels put in place earlier this year and effective June 29th are unconstitutional:

The 38-page suit claims the law “discriminates against a class of litigants who, based on nothing more than legislative whim, must delay any judicial remedy while other litigants can pursue their rights in court immediately.” It asks the court to “preliminarily and permanently” stop the state from enforcing the new law and to award the plaintiffs unspecified “reasonable costs.”

The lawsuit said at least seven states have removed medical review panels and five others have found them unconstitutional.

Jack Brammer of the Lexington Herald Leader has the story.