U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 26, 2019
MICRA can’t survive Timbs
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to apply the excessive fines prohibition of the Eighth Amendment to the states, Timbs v. Indiana, 2019 DJDAR 1337 (Feb. 20, 2019), has broad implications to the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
Robert S. Peck
Center for Constitutional Litigation, PCPresident
Phone: (202) 944-2874
Email: robert.peck@cclfirm.com
Robert has argued constitutional cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous state supreme courts. He has successfully challenged MICRA-like caps in several states, most recently in Florida.
Bruce M. Brusavich
Partner
Abir, Cohen, Treyzon & Salo LLP
Phone: (310) 407-7888
Email: bbrusavich@actslaw.com
Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week to apply the excessive fines prohibition of the Eighth Amendment to the states, Timbs v. Indiana, 2019 DJDAR 1337 (Feb. 20, 2019), has broad implications to the right to a jury trial in civil cases. The connection between this ruling on the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment and the jury-trial right of the Seventh Am...
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