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Edwards signs new lawsuits limits sought by business lobby

by Associated Press
| July 16, 2020 1:03 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed the business lobby's main priority of the last election cycle into law, changes to Louisiana's civil litigation rules aimed at lessening the money people can win against insurance companies and businesses in car accident lawsuits.

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