Mississippi Business Journal » plaintiffs http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Appeals court rules state’s tort cap doesn’t violate separation of powers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/01/appeals-court-rules-states-tort-cap-doesnt-violate-separation-of-powers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appeals-court-rules-states-tort-cap-doesnt-violate-separation-of-powers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/01/appeals-court-rules-states-tort-cap-doesnt-violate-separation-of-powers/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:29:18 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=70819 A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages arising out of civil litigation does not violate the state’s constitutional separation of powers. The question arose out of a personal injury case in federal court in Aberdeen. Plaintiff Lisa Learmonth was involved in a [...]

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