by Associated Press Published: January 24,2011
Tags: courts, non-economic damages, tort reform
JACKSON — 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 Jan. 19, came in lawsuit filed over a traffic accident involving Lisa Learmonth [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: September 23,2010
Tags: Double Quick, Lymas, Supreme Court, tort reform
Mississippi’s tort reform laws are safe, thanks to a Sept. 23 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that upheld the denial of a $4.1-million jury award vehemently opposed by dozens of trade associations and Gov. Haley Barbour. Double Quick Inc. v. Ronnie Lee Lymas is a case relevant to premises liability as well as tort reform law. [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: July 15,2010
Tags: Butler Snow, Haley Barbour, health insurance, Mark Garriga, Mike Chaney, Mississippi Department of Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Ridgeland, tort reform
RIDGELAND- ”How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act impact Mississippi Business?” [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 11,2010
Tags: lawsuit abuse, tort reform
Mississippi’s Supreme Court is weighing a case that threatens to undermine the state’s efforts to rein in lawsuit abuse. Earlier last month, as the Greenwood Commonwealth recently pointed out in an editorial, the justices heard arguments about a civil judgment in a Humphreys County case that left both sides unhappy. In 2008, a jury awarded [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 11,2010
Tags: courts, tort reform
See related stories: The End of Tort Reform? Jan. 11, 2010 Survey: State’s legal environment near bottom March 22, 2010 JACKSON — Attorneys for Ronnie Lymas go to the Mississippi Supreme Court June 8 hoping to resurrect a $4.1-million jury verdict vehemently opposed by dozens of trade associations and Gov. Haley Barbour. Critics say Lymas [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 22,2010
Tags: corporate law, law, legal climate, tort reform
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has released its survey ranking the states with the best and worst legal climates in the country. According to the survey, the states with the worst legal climates are California (46th), Alabama (47th), Mississippi (48th), Louisiana (49th), and West Virginia (50th). The states with the [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 11,2010
Tags: Supreme Court, tort reform
Case before Supreme Court challenges Mississippi’s 2004 law A case that could repeal 2004 tort reform law capping non-economic damage awards at $1 million is pending before the state Supreme Court, and more than 50 parties have filed briefs supporting or objecting to the appeal. Mississippi’s tort reform laws, some of the most comprehensive in [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: December 18,2009
Tags: judicial system, state government, state law, tort reform
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has filed a legal brief with the Mississippi Supreme Court, asking justices to affirm the constitutionality of tort reform measures. The Mississippi Legislature has the right to establish laws protecting Mississippians from frivolous lawsuits, Barbour said in the brief, which was joined by Double Quick Inc., an Indianola-based chain of [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 28,2009
Tags: judiciary, state government, tort reform
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has joined the state’s leading medical associations in asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider a decision, which could reverse the progress made by tort reform. In an amicus brief, Barbour stated that the court’s “decision, coupled with two more recent decisions of this court, will erode part of the [...] [...]
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