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Jon Kyl: “Your amendment in no way limits the amount that the individual can recover in economic damages, or pain and suffering…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2002
Your amendment in no way limits the amount that the individual can recover in economic damages, or pain and suffering damages, at all, but it would put at least an upper limit of one-third on a contingency fee that the lawyers could charge for that plaintiff or victim?
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of an amendment related to attorneys' fees in a legal context.

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