In Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson, 2007-Ohio-6948, the Ohio Supreme Court today upheld constitutional challenges to Ohio Revised Code Secs. 2315.18 and 2315.21, tort reform statutes capping noneconomic damages and punitive damages in tort actions.
Here’s a link to the opinion.
We may post more, but we make no promises. It is, after all,
The American Tort Reform Association announced today its “Judicial Hellholes” of 2007. The full ATRA report is available here.
South Florida, parts of Texas, Chicago, West Virginia, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City make the “hellhole” list, while Madison and St. Clair Counties, in downstate Illinois, drop to a “watch” list.
Three of ATRA’s hellhole
Both of your humble scribes attended the American Conference Institute Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference in New York last week. Here are a few stray thoughts that we picked up along the way:
1. Herrmann used his best material on this crowd. He explained that only one person in the world tells MDL jokes
This morning’s New York Times reports (here) that tort reform appears to have worked in Texas. After Texas imposed caps on damage awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, a flood of physicians has moved into the state. In the real world, of course, it’s impossible to hold all other factors equal, so we can’t