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Georgia Supreme Court strikes down noneconomic damages
cap
Requiring a trial court to reduce an award determined by a jury "clearly nullifies the jury's findings of fact regarding damages and thereby undermines the jury's basic function," the court held, unanimously striking down Georgia’s $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
Plaintiff may seek noneconomic damages for violation of
Privacy Act, Ninth Circuit says
A pilot whose HIV-positive status was disclosed by the Social Security Administration is entitled to seek damages for emotional distress, the court held, citing Congress’s use of language in the Privacy Act “to ensure that a federal agency’s record-keeping practices do not result in embarrassment or harm to one’s character.”
Religious school not entitled to ‘ministerial exception’ from
ADA suit
The Sixth Circuit ruled that religious schools cannot evade federal antidiscrimination laws by using the “ministerial exception” if the employee’s duties were largely secular. The case involved a primary-school teacher who was fired after she threatened to sue her former employer. |