Friday, March 31, 2006

Big business gets liability wish: Legislators eliminated the law that forces deep-pocketed businesses to shoulder the costof...

Publication Date: March 31, 2006
Advisen -- Casualty
Source: Miami Herald, The (KRT)

"Mar. 31--TALLAHASSEE -- In a major triumph for Gov. Jeb Bush and the business lobby, the Florida Legislature on Thursday repealed a 33-year-old law that allows a court to shift the damages in a liability lawsuit from a guilty party who can't pay to a deep-pocketed defendant who can..."