OH: Cap on Noneconomic Damages is Constitutional

The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled, again, that a cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional.  The suit involved a 15-year-old girl who was raped by her senior pastor during a counseling session in his office.  The girl and her father sued the pastor and several other defendants and obtained a $3.6M verdict.  After the cap was applied, the judgment was trimmed to $500,000.  Marianna Brown Bettman (Emeritus, Cincinnati) has a detailed post at her blog, “Legally Speaking Ohio”.