Introduced by Rep. Lesia Liss (D) on October 27, 2009, to create an exception to the $500,000 cap on non-economic damages (“punitive damages”) in lawsuits (established in a 1995 tort reform law) for injuries or deaths caused by “taser” electro-muscular disruption devices which are prohibited in Michigan except for police.
Referred to the House Ethics and Elections Committee on October 27, 2009.