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Product Liability

May 12, 2006

Chevron's Anti-Punitives Measure in California Fizzles

SACRAMENTO - After it became apparent Chevron Corp. was their only major backer, a tort reform group announced Wednesday it would drop a ballot initiative to restrict punitive damages in California civil suits.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - After it became apparent Chevron Corp. was their only major backer, a tort reform group announced Wednesday it would drop a ballot initiative to restrict punitive damages in California civil suits.
      Instead, the tort-minded Civil Justice Association of California will pursue a bill to restrict only those puniti...

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