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“The statutory cap on non-economic damages was an essential piece of the 2004 tort reform,” Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour argued in an amicus brief recently filed in the case of Double Quick Inc. v. Ronnie Lee Lymas.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has filed an amicus brief in the case of Double Quick Inc. v. Ronnie Lee Lymas, asking the state supreme court to affirm the constitutionality of a tort reform cap enacted by the state legislature in 2004.

Mississippi 's tort reform, passed in 2004, has helped reduce medical malpractice claims by as much as 90 percent.

MISSISSIPPI - Sherwin-William has filed notice of intent to appeal a $7 million verdict favoring a former Mississippi high school sports star who blames the paint company for lead poisoning.

J. Russell Jackson, a partner with Skadden Law who defends companies’ products and advertising in trial and appellate courts, spoke to Public Nuisance Wire about the ramifications of the Fifth circuit's Comer decision.

On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the second federal appeals court in less than a month to reverse a trial court decision that had thrown out a climate change lawsuit for presenting a nonjusticiable political question.

MISSISSIPPI - Paint maker Sherwin-Williams has filed for a new trial after being hit with a jury verdict of $7 million for manufacturing lead paint that allegedly harmed a Mississippi athlete.

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi jury has ruled against Sherwin-Williams after the paint company giant was found liable for the illnesses of a Mississippi boy who'd consumed lead paint chips.