By Greg Jones, reporterThe Wisconsin Senate passed a tort reform bill Tuesday that will make it harder for injured workers to file civil suits against their employers and will cap punitive damages in negligence cases at $200,000.Existing law allows lawsuits by employers only if the employer acted maliciously or in reckless disregard for a workers' rights. The legislation that cleared the Senate requires that a worker show an employer intended to cause an injury or knew that its actions were "practically certain to result in injury."Support for the bill is split down party lines, with Repub...
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