Tort Reform Law
Business agenda sees mixed results – Columbia Daily Tribune
The package, dubbed “Fix the Six,” includes changes to the state’s workplace discrimination laws, its workers’ compensation system, a phasing out of its franchise tax, a change to its minimum wage laws, tort reform and a restructuring of the …
Pa. medical malpractice reform credited for lower caseload – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Daniel J. Rovner, a defense attorney with Post & Post in Berwyn, Montgomery County, and co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s medical-legal committee, said the reforms have been helpful but “there is still room for tort reform.” Despite the 10 … Continue reading
Tort reform group wary of Jindal – theadvocate.com
Amid the recent spate of laudatory columns that promote Gov. Bobby Jindal as vice presidential timber, the Americans for Tort Reform on Friday released an opinion slamming the governor on the legacy lawsuit debate. “It’s a safe bet that few … Continue reading
Missouri session ends with some of business ’6′ fixed – Jefferson City News Tribune Online
The package dubbed “Fix the Six” includes changes to the state’s workplace discrimination laws, its workers’ compensation system, a phasing out of its franchise tax, a change to its minimum wage laws, tort reform and a restructuring of the state … Continue reading
Mo. session ends with some of business ’6′ fixed – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The package dubbed “Fix the Six” includes changes to the state’s workplace discrimination laws, its workers’ compensation system, a phasing out of its franchise tax, a change to its minimum wage laws, tort reform and a restructuring of the state’s … Continue reading
New York Lawmakers Debate Reforms to Scaffolding Law – 24-7PressRelease.com
May 18, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/– Some New York lawmakers and other tort reform advocates wish to reform the state’s scaffolding laws, reducing the liability of contractors and property owners and leaving injured employees at risk. New York is the only …
Public hears from Republican candidates for 13th U.S. Congressional seat – msnbc.com
“We have worked politically active in fighting taxes, tax reform, helping people get elected, educating people for the ballots, having tort reform,” nominee Kathy Wassink says. “We’re having a no retention program right now that we’re working on.”
Veepstakes: Let the vetting begin – MSNBC Firstread
JINDAL: Ready, aim… An opinion piece in Daily Caller from the head of communications for the American Tort Reform Association goes after Jindal: “Jindal’s past is full of troubling ties to the parasitic personal injury bar. In fact …
Why trial lawyers love Bobby Jindal – Daily Caller
In fact, it wasn’t until yesterday that the governor’s office finally weighed in, if still unconvincingly, on a long-running statehouse wrangle over tort reform legislation that is key to Louisiana’s future as a major energy producer.
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company – TMCnet
Partially offsetting these positive rating factors are KaMMCO’s restricted geographic spread of risk (i.e., being essentially a single state writer), the current challenge to tort reform in Kansas and the potential for market fluctuations caused …