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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 8, 2008

Punitive-Damages Reform Is Essential for Future of California Business

Forum Column - By Kyla Christofferson - Ambiguous rulings on the limits of tort damages have led to a dismal business climate in the Golden State.

FORUM COLUMN

By Kyla Christofferson

      The results of recent national surveys of state legal systems confirm that states have failed to convince businesses that their punitive-damages systems are fair and reasonable. For the past two years, punitive-damages reform was the No. 1 requested state-level policy reform in the annual U.S. Chamber/Harris 50-state legal-climate survey of in-house counsel and senior attorneys representing ...

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