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Thursday, March 15, 2018

“Fiat Chrysler Loses Appeal of Fatal Jeep-Fire Case in Georgia Supreme Court; Panel upholds admission of CEO Sergio Marchionne’s compensation as evidence in the case”: Mike Spector of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Georgia court rules against Fiat Chrysler in Jeep fire case.”

And David Shepardson of Reuters reports that “Georgia Supreme Court upholds $40 million fatal Jeep fire award.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“A much bigger payday awaits Florida Supreme Court justices; Legislature approves request raising their salaries to $220,600 a year”: Steve Bousquet of The Tampa Bay Times has this report. According to the article, the “justices’ salaries are being raised an eye-catching $42,000 a year.”

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tennessee Supreme Court denies AG’s request for 8 executions by June 1”: Dave Boucher of The Tennessean has an article that begins, “The state’s high court denied a request from the Tennessee attorney general to schedule eight executions before June 1, when the state’s top lawyer believes the availability of lethal injection drugs would become ‘uncertain.'”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court draws criticism for shielding police against wrongful-shooting claims”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman