Finding a tort cap that fits Michael LloydA compromise announced on the tort cap would be adequate to pay damages in most lawsuits against public agencies -- but wouldn't be much help to a Jordaan ...

If I negligently, or intentionally and without justification, injure you, I can cause two different kinds of damage for which American tort law will allow you to demand compensation. One kind of ...

Tort law is used to determine who is responsible when someone is injured and how much a guilty party should pay an injured person. Our current tort system is designed on the principle that the ...

Tort reform has ushered in legislation imposing caps on damages in jurisdictions across the country. Unsurprisingly, these statutory caps on damages have faced numerous challenges, leading to a ...

A $250,000 cap can make it unprofitable for an attorney to litigate a case since, typically, the attorney receives a percentage of any award, ranging from 15% on large cases to 40% on small cases.

Politics. Tort Reform: Should Lawmakers Cap Medical Malpractice Damages? The Florida Supreme Court draws new attention to a systemic problem. S.M. Oliva | 3.20.2014 10:30 AM ...

Lawmakers should promptly approve new tort caps that better fit a responsible, compassionate state Fairness has been a long, long time coming for those who have suffered the most from the mistakes ...

CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons late Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have doubled the amount of money state and local governments could be required to pay in civil lawsuits. Gibbons vetoed ...

At the same time, Democrats derided the most recent medical tort reform bill - which would have imposed damages caps of $750,000 -- as a rigid, "my way or the highway" measure whose supporters ...

JACKSON, Mississippi -- A federal judge has upheld Mississippi's cap of $500,000 on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of ...

As the 10th anniversary of Mississippi’s 2004 “tort reform” — limits on lawsuits — nears, ... Mississippi became one of the first states to cap noneconomic and punitive damages.

He's shopped around for a medical malpractice attorney to take on the case, alleging negligence by the doctor who performed the procedure, but none will because the cost to litigate is higher than ...