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Category Archives: Tort reform
U.S. House Republicans again attempt tort deform measures
The House of Representatives has passed another so-called tort reform bill that would limit recovery of people harmed or kill by acts of malpractice. H.R. 5, the “Protecting Access to … Continue reading
U.S. Chamber’s hypocrisy exposed
As the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) holds its annual summit – a strategy session on eliminating Americans’ access to the civil justice system – a new report … Continue reading
Civil justice in the age of new media
A new study released today by the national consumer rights organization, Center for Justice & Democracy, finds that news coverage of civil jury verdicts fails to provide an accurate picture … Continue reading
Consumer group debunks myths about punitive damages
In a new White Paper released today entitled WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT… PUNITIVE DAMAGES, the national nonprofit consumer group Center for Justice & Democracy “examines the truth about … Continue reading
Hot Coffee movie premieres on HBO
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely … Continue reading
Report details hypocrisy of Chamber of Commerce
The American Association of Justice has released a new report which exposes the Chamber of Commerce as one of the most aggressive litigators in Washington and details the Chamber’s hypocrisy. … Continue reading
Tragedies highlight need for strong civil justice system
Headlines from the last month: runaway cars, a mine collapse, an exploding oil rig and a financial institution shepherding the collapse of America’s economy. It has been a daily occurrence … Continue reading
Why we need trial lawyers
We have heard a consistent refrain over the last decade about the need to curb lawsuits and restrict trial lawyers. The events involving sudden acceleration and Toyota vehicles have demonstrated … Continue reading
Imagining life without lawyers
There is yet another book out there touting a world without lawyers, and extolling life without litigation. Philip Howard’s “Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from too Much Law” contains a … Continue reading
Secret deals with insurer behind rising health costs in Massachusetts
For years, we have been brainwashed into thinking that lawsuits and litigation have been behind the rising costs of health insurance in this nation. Indeed, the insurance industry and United … Continue reading
Corporate gall that simply goes too far
A CBS News report from Andrew Cohen has revealed a tale of corporate gall that shocks the conscience. The report outs a plan by corporations seeking to “reform” the very … Continue reading
Illinois lawyer responds to WSJ editorial
In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, Philip Harnett Corboy Jr., president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, offered a well reasoned and necessary response to that paper’s editorial … Continue reading
Medical malpractice caps argued in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case which calls into question the constitutionality of caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases in that state. An Illinois … Continue reading
Supreme Court hears argument in Wyeth v. Levine
The Wyeth v. Levine case was argued before the United States Supreme Court yesterday. The American Association for Justice (AAJ) provided this synopsis of the press reporting on the oral … Continue reading
Supreme Court to rule on consumer’s right to sue negligent corporations
It’s billed as the business case of the century by the Chamber of Commerce. But for Diana Levine, a Vermont guitarist who lost her arm to gangrene caused by an … Continue reading
