JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Resolution of a long-running Mississippi personal injury lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a portion of the state’s tort laws is not expected before next year.

The lawsuit, first filed in the federal court in 2006, contends Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages is unfair. The cap was put into place a decade ago because of complaints that Mississippi was a “judicial hellhole” because of multimillion dollar verdicts in damage lawsuits.