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inlawrev-18047	Findley, Michelle L.	Statutory Tort Caps: What States Should Do When Available Funds Seem Inadequate	2013	21	.pdf	application/pdf	9707	534	60	The following section provides an overview of state tort caps and specifically provides detail into state tort cap treatment in Indiana, as well as other states that provide for varying degrees of compensation. In addition to responding to the insurance crisis, “state legislatures also were responding to scholarship indicating that the tort system failed to achieve its objectives [of deterrence and compensation].”36 Lastly, a distrust of juries that seemed to be producing larger awards against “deep-pocket” defendants, and the inconsistency of awards, also led to tort reform.37 These issues spurred tort reform in general, that of which state tort caps were just one portion.	cache/inlawrev-18047.pdf	txt/inlawrev-18047.txt