Private entities can still sue, but only for compensatory damages.
Families who accepted could receive money early next year for compensatory damages.
The jury awarded her $81,818.80 in compensatory damages under 1983.
The limit would be no more than five times the amount of compensatory damages.
He also said three of the plaintiffs were not entitled to compensatory damages.
He allowed the plaintiffs to keep $5 million in compensatory damages.
They had asked the jury for nearly $12 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
The remaining 63 were awarded $1 each in compensatory damages.
For technical legal reasons, the Brown family did not seek compensatory damages.
The jury awarded almost $212,000 in compensatory damages to her.
