A bill that would make it harder to win a medical malpractice lawsuit against an emergency room physician garnered widespread support as it passed in the Utah Senate this morning. Bill co-sponsor Senator John Valentine said the stakeholders interested in the bill came to the table and hashed out some compromises last week, then created an amended, substitute bill.

“This is a consensus bill. Senator Bell, myself, Senator Knudson, members of the trial lawyers, members of the medical community all sat in a room last Friday, and for nearly two hours, hammered out the respective positions that you see in the substitute,” he said.

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