Currently, forty-one states cap appeal bonds, either legislatively or by
appeal bonds only for MSA signatories and their successors and
appeal bonds allow a bond up to the full judgment amount if a court
appeal bonds? In light of the wave of appeal bond reform and the
(156) States have passed statutes capping appeal bonds with several
whether Rule 62(d) or a given state statute capping appeal bonds will
An appeal bond (sometimes called a supersedeas bond) is the most common form of security.
Defendants can provide several alternative forms of security in lieu of an appeal bond.
An appeal bond is not the only form of security that will operate to stay enforcement of a judgment.
Although 18 states have enacted limits on the size of appeal bonds in the last three years, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma and West Virginia have specifically limited the size of appeal bonds that would affect companies that signed the master tobacco settlement.
Sometimes bankruptcy on the part of the defendant who wants to appeal the case and must post an "appeal bond" before proceeding.
SB 280 contained a number of civil justice reform measures, including providing that state agencies hiring lawyers seek open and competitive bids, tying prejudgment and post-judgment interest rates to the auction price for 52-week Treasury bills, placing a $50 million limit on
appeal bonds, requiring mediation for all tort actions unless the court ruled otherwise, and capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases at $350,000.