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Personal Injury & Torts

Jun. 1, 2006

Court Will Decide If Tort-Reform Measure Can Be Applied Retroactively

SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court will consider today whether courts can apply Proposition 64 retroactively to dismiss cases that were in the works before California voters passed the initiative in 2004.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      The state Supreme Court will consider today whether courts can apply Proposition 64 retroactively to dismiss cases that were in the works before California voters passed the initiative in 2004.
      The tort-reform measure limits lawsuits brought under the Unfair Competition Law, Business & Professions Code Section 17200 to eith...

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