JACKSON, Miss. -- Gov. Haley Barbour is touting Mississippi's new lawsuit limits during stops in Washington and New York. Barbour spoke Wednesday in Washington to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which last year ranked the state as a "judicial hellhole" because of high jury verdicts. Lawmakers meeting in special session last week approved a bill that makes several changes to the civil justice system, including capping pain-and-suffering damage awards at $1 million in general lawsuits and $500,000 in medical malpractice cases.
Posted by Editor at June 10, 2004 04:59 PM