( June 26, 2017, 12:51 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 22 found that Nebraska’s cap on damages in medical malpractice suits does not violate the U.S. Constitution and affirmed a trial court’s decision to reduce a $17 million verdict to $1.75 million (Doran Schmidt, et al. v. Bellevue Medical Center L.L.C., et al., Nos. 16-1022, 16-1024, 8th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 11053)....