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This is big news for claimants and personal injury lawyers in Georgia and Decatur accident victims.  The Georgia Supreme Court just ruled that the cap on noneconomic punitive damages are unconstitutional.
The Court held that the Constitution guarantees a right to a jury trial.  The concept is that what the jury determines is how we administer justice. (Back in the day, the plaintiff and defendant will have fight, and who won must have been right because, it was believed that the God’s hand would strike the fatal blow.)
The ruling was based on a medical malpractice case [...]