Limits the amount of an appeal bond to the lesser of the total amount of damages awarded excluding punitive damages, 50% of the appellant's net worth, or $25 million. 

The amount of the undertaking that shall be required by the court shall be an amount determined by the court after notice and hearing proper and reasonable for the security of the rights of the adverse party, considering relevant factors, including the following: (1) The amount of the judgment; (2) the amount of the limits of all applicable liability policies of the appellant judgment debtor; and (3) The aggregate net worth of the appellant judgment debtor.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $200 million.  The limit applies to Engle progeny litigation, and creates an overall appeal bond cap for all of these cases combined.  The entities covered by the statute include signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement, successors, and affiliates.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million. For small businesses, defined as having 50 or fewer employees, limits the amount to secure the right to appeal to $2 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal in any civil action, except for certified class actions subject 768.733, to $50 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal $50 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $100 million.

The court is given discretion to lower the bond if the judgment debtor can show that it is likely to suffer substantial economic harm if required to post a bond in the amount required by statute (which is double the judgment).  Applies to all cases except those involving signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement.

Provides that judgments are to be stayed during the appeal of a judgment by signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement.  Such defendants are not required to post an appeal bond.

Expands the cap of $25 million on appeal bonds that applied to punitive damages and expanded the cap to cover all forms of judgments in all civil cases.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.

Limits the amount that signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement are required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.

Broadens 2003 cap to include affiliates of signatories to the Master Settlement Agreement.

Limits the amount a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $150 million and applies to all judgments in civil litigation regardless of legal theory.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.

The South Dakota Supreme Court promulgated a rule which limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $75 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to the lesser of 50% of a defendant’s net worth or $25 million.  Provides that defendants are no longer required to post a bond to appeal punitive damages.  Provides that foreign judgments cannot be executed in Texas if appeal is pending in a foreign jurisdiction and a bond has been or will be posted.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal all judgments to $25 million regardless of legal theory.  Provides that foreign judgments cannot be executed in North Carolina if appeal is pending in a foreign jurisdiction or the judgment has been stayed by the court that rendered it and a bond has been posted.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million.  Provides that this limit will be adjusted on January 1, 2008 and again on January 1 every five years after that by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the annual aggregate percentage change in the Detroit consumer price index since the previous adjustment.  Provides that a court will rescind the limit if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the party for whom the bond to stay execution has been limited is purposefully dissipating or diverting assets outside of the ordinary course of business for the purpose of avoiding ultimate payment of the judgment.

Limits the amount a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal to $25 million. 

By rule, the Mississippi Supreme Court imposed a limit on the amount that defendants can be required to post to secure a bond to appeal a punitive damages award to the lesser of: (1) 125 percent of the judgment; (2) 10 percent of the defendants net worth; or (3) $100 million.

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal a punitive damages award to $100 million. 

Limits the amount a defendant can be required to pay to secure the right to appeal a punitive damages award to $25 million. 

Places a $25 million limit on bond requirements in punitive damages awards during the appeal process.  Provides that limits on bond appeals for out-of-state judgments apply during the stay period only.