The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Oregon law setting a $3 million cap on the amount of damages that injured people can collect in lawsuits against the state or its employees.
The much-anticipated ruling won immediate plaudits from state agencies, but also a host of other publicly funded institutions and organizations -- including cities, counties, school districts, Oregon Health & Science University, the state's seven public universities and TriMet.
If the ruling had gone the other way, it would have represented the first chink in the armor of laws that limit tort claims and aim to protect public bodies and other taxpayer-supported organizations from huge payouts.
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