MBJ Editorial: Lifting the cap would be a bad economic move for state
by MBJ Staff
Published: June 26,2011
Tags: agriculture, automobile industry, banking and finance, cap, casinos, Congress, construction, courts, disaster recovery, economic development, economy, education, employment, energy, environment, federal government, Gov. Haley Barbour, higher education, jobs, Lady Gaga, limit jury awards, manufacturing, oil and gas, oil spill, real estate, recession, state government, Tea Party, tort reform, transportation
Mississippi’s Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether it’s constitutional to limit how much a jury can award to an injured plaintiff in a lawsuit. How the court decides could have a huge impact on both economic development and medical services. Before Mississippi enacted two series of tort reforms less than a decade ago, [...]
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