In January 2019, we issued a client alert regarding Lindenberg v. Jackson National Life Insurance Co. et al. In that case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rendered a 2-1 split decision on the issues of whether...more
In mid-December 2018, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that Tennessee's statutory cap on punitive damages violates the right to trial by jury under the Tennessee Constitution. The case...more