liability damages cap News

A South Carolina legislative panel opted this week to postpone voting on a bill that would exclude medical expenses from the $600,000 liability cap that protects the government from paying unlimited damages, regardless of the number of government entities involved. …

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson says legislation that seeks to limit monetary damages from lawsuits in Tennessee is unnecessary and that a jury should decide how much is awarded and not state government. The proposal by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam …