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Metrolink crash should spark reform of damages cap
Thursday, August 26, 2010 � by scott
Under the federal Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the most Metrolink and Connex Railroad, which had been contracted to operate Metrolink’s trains, can be liable for in damages is $200 million — which, in fact, the two entities told a judge Wednesday they are willing to pay to settle the outstanding claims from the deadly crash.
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Can the nation handle two massive oil cleanups at once?
Monday, May 17, 2010 � by scott
After the Deepwater Horizon debacle, will the federal oil spill fund have enough money to clean up the next spill?
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Tort reform: Just an effort to shift responsibility
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 � by scott
Jim Marcinkowski, a lawyer and former congressional candidate in Michigan, argues that corporate and medical proponents of tort reform are really just trying to shift responsibility for their business actions to the consumers, or to government.
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The fight over damage award caps moves to Maryland
Friday, April 2, 2010 � by jg
Baltimore Sun: Maryland becomes the latest state to see its supreme court consider the constitutionality of caps on damage awards.
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Damage caps ruled unconstitutional in Georgia
Monday, March 22, 2010 � by jg
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that the constitutional right to a trial by jury “includes the right to have a jury determine the amount of…damages, if any…”
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Caps on non-economic damages have a big impact on retired victims
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 � by jg
AARP Bulletin: Caps on noneconomic awards are being challenged by AARP on the grounds that people injured by medical negligence shouldn’t be deprived of full compensation for their injuries.
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Damage caps affect only “those who were harmed by preventable errors”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 � by jg
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Republican dogma holds that too many ‘frivolous’ malpractice cases already are filed by ‘greedy trial lawyers.’ The evidence says otherwise.”