TOPEKA — The Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would make Kansas the first state in the nation to stop attorneys from recommending an amount for noneconomic damages, such as pain and suffering, in civil lawsuits.
Senate Bill 413 limits a process called “anchoring,” which refers to proposing an amount for damages early in a trial that then sticks with jurors, causing them to sometimes give “exorbitant” amounts in civil cases, said Sen. Kellie Warren, a Leawood Republican who is an attorney.
“We had heard that sometimes this starts as early as when…
