Key senators agreed to a compromise Tuesday on long-stalled legislation to limit class-action lawsuits and large damage awards against corporations, a GOP senator and officials said Tuesday. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he hoped the measure would be brought up for a vote early in 2004. Several Democratic officials confirmed the agreement.
Posted by Editor at December 1, 2003 01:53 PM