Oregon: Supreme Court: Injured people can't sue state for more than $3 million, controversial law stands

[Free Vulcan]

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.

Read more:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/05/oregon_supreme_court_hurt_peop.html

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

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.

Read more:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/05/oregon_supreme_court_hurt_peop.html

Wow, a law came out of Oregon that I can get on board with! We need to do this nation-wide!

[mountaineer]

Wow, a law came out of Oregon that I can get on board with! We need to do this nation-wide!

Agreed.