North Carolina lawmakers have begun what promises to be a long fight over medical malpractice laws as insurance and medical services companies square off against law firms. A Senate committee opened discussions Tuesday on legislation that includes limiting damages for …
The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 8 approved five lawsuit reform measures that are key components of the Senate Republican legislative agenda. “We have been working on lawsuit reform for years, taking mostly an incremental approach because we did …
The South Carolina House of Representatives approved limits on punitive damages yesterday by a vote of 100 to 7. The bill would limit punitive damages for people winning civil suits to three times the actual damages awarded, or a maximum …
A federal appeals panel is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if state law that limits non-economic damages to $1 million in civil cases is constitutional. The question from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, dated …
