In December 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that Tennessee’s cap on punitive damages was unconstitutional. This cap came into effect when Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed the Tennessee Civil Justice Act (the “Act”) which, among other things, capped the amount of punitive damages a plaintiff can recover in civil …
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