Tort Reform Law

So-called “tort reform” is killing the people’s right to a trial of their peers. Caps on penalties, increasing court costs, and skyrocketing usage of binding mandatory arbitration are taking cases out of the hands of juries and into the hands … Continue reading →

Tort law is one of the oldest and simplest means to gain for a wrongful action done against you. This was set in place such a long time ago, but today there is a movement starting among the legal professionals … Continue reading →

State budget cuts (which have reduced staff by about one-forth at nursing homes since 2001) coupled with tort reform (which largely eliminated trial lawyers’ role as de facto watchdogs of the industry), has hampered accountability, Maloney said.

And he said the nation needs to address medical malpractice on a national level through tort reform. Proponents of the federal health care overhaul have noted that it no longer allows insurance companies to deny people coverage based on pre-existing … Continue reading →

and the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) have released reports (see NSWLRC, Report 120: Invasion of Privacy (2009) and VLRC, Surveillance in Public Places: Final Report 18 (2010)) supporting the concept of a tort for invasions of privacy. Whilst the … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, the Washington D.C.-based Americans for Tort Reform released its annual ‘Judicial Hellholes’ report and, wouldn’t you know it, they ranked Philadelphia’s court system the worst in the entire country. Their main …

Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai held a press conference at 2 p.m. today with regard to the job climate in Pennsylvania. During the conference, which was livestreamed on the GOP House’s Facebook page (Thanks guys!), Turzai and …

These very same ALECites have been (coincidentally, or course), pushing for tort reform bills in states throughout the country, which have been proven again and again to disproportionately hurt the poor and minorities while protecting corporate …

They’ll point at a bill they called the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act,” but it’s not a health care reform bill, it’s tort reform. But Jonaton Bernstein is absolutely right here when he says that the …

They’ll point at a bill they called the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act,” but it’s not a health care reform bill, it’s tort reform. But Jonathon Bernstein is absolutely right here when he says that the …