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Kansas City Red Light Camera Law in Question

A Missouri appeals court panel issued a ruling Tuesday that raises questions about the constitutionality of Kansas City’s red-light camera law. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a decision by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Dale …

Oklahoma Court Sets Arguments in Workers’ Comp Case

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court on Monday scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in the lawsuit filed by state Sen. …

Oklahoma Supreme Court Referee to Hear Workers’ Comp Case

An Oklahoma Supreme Court referee is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Arguments are scheduled Thursday in the lawsuit filed in September by state Sen. Harry Coates of Seminole, …

New Hampshire Woman Challenges Suspension in Fatal Boat Crash

The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide whether a law that allows suspension of boating privileges for life is constitutional. The justices on Wednesday will hear the appeal of 38-year-old Erica Blizzard of Laconia – the pilot in a fatal …

Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Med-Mal Cap

Florida highest court will consider whether a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the state’s constitution. The Florida legislature enacted the cap as part of a 2003 law overhauling the state’s medical malpractice stature. Led …

South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Two-Tier Damages Cap

South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however, the court found that two separate governmental entities’ negligent acts, which resulted in severe injuries to the plaintiffs, constituted two …