Daniel Fisher comments in Forbes. Although acknowledging that “[t]he high court’s decisions have mostly been unanimous in recent years,” he says that Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment to replace retiring Justice Kathryn Werdegar “could be bad news for business, as California has long been a laboratory for costly legal innovations including strict liability and so-called ‘bystander injury’ damages for people who observe a family member getting hurt.”
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“Will Jerry Brown Tilt California Supreme Court Against Business?”
August 24, 2017
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