Michigan High Court Ruling Offers Positive Guidance on Challenges to Tort Reform Laws

Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 19 No. 46, 2004

4 Pages Posted: 22 Mar 2024

Date Written: December 17, 2004

Abstract

This case comment analyzes Michigan Supreme Court's upholding of tort reform law as part of a more general pattern of state courts paying deference to state legislatures on the topic of tort law making.

Keywords: torts, tort reform, legislation, judicial lawmaking, state courts, state legislatures

Suggested Citation

Lammi, Glenn George and Chang, James, Michigan High Court Ruling Offers Positive Guidance on Challenges to Tort Reform Laws (December 17, 2004). Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 19 No. 46, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4738067

Glenn George Lammi

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James Chang (Contact Author)

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