Current tort damages cap statute likely to remain as-is
by Clay Chandler
Published: September 2,2012
Tags: judiciary, Mark Baker, Mississippi Supreme Court, tort reform
The Mississippi Supreme Court declined in late August to say whether the state’s $1 million cap on noneconomic damages in civil cases is constitutional. If and when the court takes up the matter in the future, justices will most likely be examining the same law then as they did recently. The current law is sound [...]
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