A man hospitalized for COVID-19 a few years ago developed a bed sore and later died. His family wants to sue his health care providers for medical malpractice — but the providers say COVID legal immunity laws shield them from being sued.

The bill increases the cap on a medical malpractice award to $1.8 million by 2019 - up from its current limit of $1.25 million.

Indiana's medical malpractice cap hasn't increased in nearly two decades.

The bill raises the amount someone can collect for a single malpractice incident, from $1.25 million to o$1.65 million. It hasn't been raised in 18 years.

In a last ditch effort to shore up concerns about the system's constitutionality, lawmakers will try again to reach an agreement on the last day this session for standing committee hearings.

A Senate bill to reform Indiana's medical malpractice law died after the bill's author says talks broke down between all the groups involved.