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Missouri Senate backs new limits on punitive damages

by Associated Press
| February 27, 2020 12:05 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill Wednesday tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting lawsuits over asbestos-related illnesses.

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