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A business-backed proposal to change court evidence rules failed on March 21 in the Kansas House before members gave first-round approval to a bill increasing the damages allowed in personal injury lawsuits. The measure advanced by the House on a …

A Kansas House committee has endorsed legislation allowing higher monetary damages in personal injury lawsuits while revising the rules of evidence in such cases. The March 18 voice vote by the Commerce, Labor and Economic Committee sent the Senate-passed measure …