Wyoming Supreme Court Justice John Fenn said awarding damages for emotional pain from a traumatic event such as the survivor of a car crash could open a floodgate of litigation.
Wyoming and South Carolina are the only U.S. states without a law giving stiffer penalties for crimes motivated by someone’s race, sexual orientation, religion or disability.
Jackson Hole is the first city in the state of Wyoming to pass an ordinance that bans grocery stores from using single-use plastic at the point of purchase.