U.S. Supreme Court,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
May 7, 2020
Another nail in the coffin for MICRA
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict of guilt for serious crimes was also applicable to the states through the 14th Amendment due process clause.
Bruce M. Brusavich
Partner
Abir, Cohen, Treyzon & Salo LLP
Phone: (310) 407-7888
Email: bbrusavich@actslaw.com
Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA
Last year the U.S. Supreme Court decided Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S. Ct. 682 (2019), which held that the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment was incorporated or applicable to the states through the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. I co-authored, with constitutional attorney Robert S. Peck of the Center for Constitutional Law in Washington D.C., a guest co...
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