Tort Reform Law

Christie Touts ‘Jersey Comeback’ at Monmouth Town Hall – Patch

The governor answered questions on topics ranging from tort reform and the state health benefit plan, to campaign finance and property tax reform. And, of course, Christie had to answer whether or not he’d accept an invite to run as … Continue reading

From the Experts: CA Courts Open to Other States’ Tort Reform Laws? – Law.com

The allure of California’s golden sand, flashbulb-perfect movie stars, and laid-back way of life draws nearly 100,000 new residents to the state every year. Some of them will arrive having been unknowingly injured in their original state by …

Wenstrup Aims To Challenge Schmidt From Right – WLWT 5

Wenstrup favors tax-free health savings accounts, competition among insurers across state lines and tort reform to regulate malpractice suits. On foreign policy, Wenstrup thinks the U.S. pulled combat troops out of Iraq too quickly. “My feeling is that we …

LME MORNING – Metals retreat again, downside momentum accelerates as sentiment sours – FXStreet.com

This, the first fall since the second quarter of 2009, follows an announcement on Monday from China, which cut its 2012 growth target to 7.5 percent from the longstanding eight percent to give the economy more room to slow while … Continue reading

Happiness: Not a warm gun in Ohio – Aljazeera.com

they support “tort reform!”). At what point does this senseless violence (not to mention man-on-gun love) become simply unacceptable? How do we convince Starbucks that when I walk in for my grande decaf vanilla skim latte, seeing sugar …

Stenberg talks of a balanced budget – North Platte Telegraph

Instead of a national health care plan, Stenberg says he supports tort reform, stopping frivolous lawsuits against doctors, which he said drives up the cost of healthcare and allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines.

2 NC Republicans trade blows over super PAC – Asheville Citizen-Times

Coble said the committee seemed fishy because its organizers include a Democratic trial lawyer as well as a leader within the state’s trial lawyers’ organization that opposed tort reform at the Legislature. A third lawyer is a Republican who …

A hidden Gulf economy, Romney’s old taxes, and patent wars – Reuters Blogs

And how much did recent patent reform legislation change things in the U.S.? In tort law, which in the United States is generally governed by state laws, several states with especially accommodating statutes and sympathetic juries became known during the … Continue reading

In Alaska, a Showdown of Lawyers, Guns, and Bush-Era Firearms Law – Atlantic Online

Answering that question is no easy legal task. AP Images Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Alaska heard argument in an extraordinary case about gun control, federalism, and so-called “tort reform.” At the heart of Kim v. Coxe is the … Continue reading

Tort-Scam Takedown – New York Post

And for that, they can thank, in large part, the self-interested tort-law crowd. The fraud ring … Alas, “without real reform,” Baldwin says, “these sophisticated criminal rackets will continue to bilk the system, only to leave honest ratepayers …