Senate panel scales back tort reform bill, sets up summer study committee

By CASEY SMITHIndiana Capital ChronicleA tort reform push was dramatically pared back in the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, leaving behind narrow public nuisance language and a proposed summer study of Indiana’s civil litigation climate.House Bill 1417, authored by Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, previously cleared the House in a 61-34 vote. But senators adopted two amendments…