Ohio tort `reform' measure overturned.

Supreme Court ruling that the 1995 Ohio omnibus tort reform law had usurped the judiciary's powers is discussed. Tort "reform" of the type enacted in Ohio could not stand if courts remained ready to remedy injuries caused by powerful political forces, if the Ohio Constitution were better observed, and if juries remained the means by which we resolve disputes.

The Ohio high court ruled the legislature had usurped the powers of the judiciary in passing the 1995 omnibus tort `reform' law.

In 1995, tort "reformers" knew the time was ripe to push their entire wish list th