Tort Reform Law

Medtronic, Inc. (2008) that federal regulation of certain medical devices by the FDA preempted state tort law. However, there is a federal interest in applying all of the other medical malpractice reforms outlined in H.R. 5 to federal programs like … Continue reading →

The Public Citizen consumer advocacy organization is urging Congress to reject current medical tort reform legislation calling it “deeply flawed.” Meanwhile, a Democratic member of the House is asking her GOP colleagues to disconnect the …

has donated a whopping $196,050 to Biden’s campaigns since 2003, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, D.C. In that same time frame, the firm poured $6.5 million into lobbying against a key tort reform bill …

“You guys in the elite media are nothing but sluts and prostitutes for your crybaby opposition to common sense tart reform!” Whoa. My friend Barney from New Jersey was off to such a bombastic and erratic start I glanced at … Continue reading →

“You guys in the elite media are nothing but sluts and prostitutes for your crybaby opposition to common sense tart reform!” Whoa. My friend Barney from New Jersey was off to such a bombastic and erratic start I glanced at … Continue reading →

Dill said it’s unclear the Civil Law Omnibus Bill will survive the threat of gubernatorial veto. He noted that controversial tort reforms also included in the bill may prompt Gov. Mark Dayton to reject the legislation.

It’s mostly about tort reform. What’s slightly different about this bill is that it has both a repeal and, believe it or not, replace component. It would repeal one of the mechanisms for cost savings in Medicare—the ndependent Payment Advisory … Continue reading →

The controversial tort reform bill generated heated debate from the moment it was introduced. The Wisconsin Defense Counsel, a statewide association of litigation defense attorneys, immediately praised the bill upon its release. Likewise, the Wisconsin …

“Everyone I talk with, from the strictest of tort reform folks to the most liberal of trial lawyers understand that these folks need some attention, that these folks need their medical bills paid,” he said. The measure would not help … Continue reading →

The lawyers who wrote Obamacare left out the most important section, Tort reform. Many years overdue, tort reform would bring sensibility to the malpractice circus, Obamacare encourages its continuance. Over one million lawyers roam the judicial range.