Yahoo! Business: UB law expert quoted on tort reform, class action reform legislation

An article on Yahoo! Business on efforts by the federal government to enact tort reforms reports that Lucinda Finley, vice provost for academic affairs, has conducted research that shows that noneconomic damage caps discriminate against the most vulnerable members of society who don't have much economic value to start out with and any amount of economic damages they suffer would be minimal at best. Go to article. An additional article on Yahoo! Business on class action reform legislation passed in February that will send all suits with collective claims of more than $5 million to federal court, rather that state court, quotes Lucinda Finley, who says that state courts are generally more receptive to class action suits, and the perception is that federal courts are stricter. Go to article.