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Republican lawmakers are promising fast action to reverse the effects of a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned the state's caps on malpractice awards for non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. "This is another example of an activist court overstepping its authority," Assembly Speaker John Gard, R-Peshtigo, said in a statement following the court's ruling on Thursday. "Fixing this ruling will be a top priority for Assembly Republicans." The court determined that the Legislature's rationale for putting an upper limit on non-economic damages was too broad and speculative to accept, and ruled the law violated the Wisconsin Constitution's equal...