With approximately a week remaining in the current legislative session, COVID-19 liability legislation originating in the Missouri Senate was recently held up in the Missouri House of Representatives after the House Rules Legislative Oversight Committee voted it down 7-3.
The Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill 51 by a vote of 20-13 on Feb. 23 to protect businesses from COVID-19 related lawsuits, according to a press release.
Judges will have a major say over whether to allow a lawsuit to include punitive damages, but they must follow the guidelines laid down by new legislation, according to one indutry representative.
ST. LOUIS – A new bill introduced into the Missouri Legislature the CEO of the Associated Industries of Missouri said would provide a common sense approach to avoid potentially endless litigation over product defects.
ST. LOUIS – The Associated Industries of Missouri (AIMO) hasn't officially set its legislative priorities for the next legislative session, but there are several bills from the previous session it wants to pursue.
JEFFERSON CITY – Last month, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed legislation sets out to do away with arbitration contracts for employment, consumer, anti-trust or civil rights disputes.
JEFFERSON CITY – According to the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s 2019 Lawsuit Climate Survey, Missouri’s ranking is improving – having moved up five places since 2017 – though it still remains 44th worst in the country.
JEFFERSON CITY – Thanks to a series of last-minute negotiations, the Missouri legislature ended its last session by sending a series of bills to the desk of Gov. Mike Parson that could dramatically affect the future of civil litigation in the state.
JEFFERSON CITY – Are recent verdicts faulting Bayer and its Roundup product an indication that juries no longer trust the determinations of regulatory agencies regarding product safety?
JEFFERSON CITY – The state's oldest business association believes that the state Supreme Court's ruling declaring that workers injured on the job after Jan. 1, 2014, could not be compensated from Missouri's Second Injury Fund was the correct one.
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri's attorney general is expanding the state's legal effort to hold drug manufacturers accountable for opioid addiction deaths, but some wonder if large-scale lawsuits are the best way to address the issue.
JEFFERSON CITY – A Missouri business advocacy group enjoyed great success in the most-recent state legislative session which tort reform it supported made it to the governor's signature.
JEFFERSON CITY – Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) President Ray McCarty believes the facts and data in any cases alleging harm from the use of herbicide ingredient glyphosate should be closely examined and given weight no matter where those cases are tried.
