On Wednesday the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld West Virginia’s legislative damages caps. Here is the opinion in MacDonald v. City Hospital, Inc. One of the plaintiff’s lawyers in the case was Robert Peck, who argued for the plaintiff last week in the Sears v. Learmonth case at the Mississippi Supreme Court.
This is not good news for people hoping that the Mississippi Supreme Court will strike Mississippi’s caps in the Sears case.
On Monday night at 8:00 p.m., the documentary Hot Coffee airs on HBO. You can watch the official trailer for the movie below. The film analyzes tort reform in the U.S.
In addition to the famed McDonald’s spilled-coffee verdict, the movie covers Mississippi Supreme Court elections and the prosecution of former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz. John Grisham, Justice Diaz and Jackson lawyer Rob McDuff are all shown in the trailer.