The Illinois Supreme Court today struck down the state's 2005 medical liability reform law, declaring its cap on non-economic damages unconstitutional. "The Illinois Hospital Association is disappointed that the Illinois Supreme Court has struck down critically needed medical liability reforms that were improving health care access throughout the state and restoring predictability to our broken medical liability system," said IHA President Maryjane Wurth, commenting on the court's ruling in the case (Lebron v. Gottlieb). "…This decision and its dire repercussions for the health care delivery system highlight the critical need for the President and Congress to embrace serious and meaningful medical liability reform as part of health care reform." In 2008, the AHA joined the IHA in filing an amicus brief urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the state law.