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CCL’s Robert S. Peck argued in the Florida Supreme Court that Florida’s statutory limits on compensatory damages for non-economic harm violate plaintiffs’ rights of equal protection, trial by jury, access to the courts, and separation of powers under the Florida Constitution. The case, Estate of McCall v. United States, No. 09-163755, comes to the Florida Supreme Court on certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. With Bob on the briefs was Valerie Nannery.

CCL’s Robert S. Peck spoke at the annual convention of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, as part of a panel addressing the constitutional implications of restrictions on tort law.