Richard Lucas v. United States of America, Richard Lucas, Cross-Appellees v. United States of America, Cross-Appellant

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• [A] person has no property no vested interest, in any rule of the common law Indeed, statutes limiting liability are relatively commonplace and have consistently been enforced by the courts ’
• “[A] person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. . . . Indeed, statutes limiting liability are relatively commonplace and have consistently been enforced by the courts.”
• defense of statutory cap on damages not forfeited, though raised for the first time at trial, because it was “purely a legal issue which can be resolved without the need for factual proof,” resulting in no prejudice to the opposing party at trial

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