Tort Reform Law 
106th Hoouse District: 5 clash in new district’s GOP primary – Kankakee Daily Journal
“I am a lawyer bashing trial lawyers, but we need tort reform,” he said of the cost impact of medical malpractice suits. * Harms suggested “building patient accountability” by creating medical savings accounts in which a portion of an individual’s … Continue reading
Benefit of tort reform is a matter of debate – Star-Tribune
Conservative lawmakers often tout tort reform as a way to improve the health care system. Advocates say caps on medical liability awards would address increasing health care costs. Tort reform, they maintain, would cut down on the practice of doctors … Continue reading
Health care bill clears Senate – Statesman Journal
Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1580 despite attempts by Republicans to block the bill because it didn’t include additional medical liability tort reform. “The vote today brings us one step closer to creating a more sustainable health care system …
Ohio Supreme Court upholds tort-reform provision – Columbus Dispatch
Advertised prices for flights must include all taxes and fees under new rules taking effect this week for airlines to eliminate some of the unwanted cost surprises for air travelers. The change is part of consumer protection regulations from the … Continue reading
Ohio Supreme Court upholds tort reform provision – The Business Journal
The Supreme Court of Ohio has chosen to uphold a state law requiring courts to split, or bifurcate, civil cases into two separate proceedings for compensatory and punitive damages. In a 5-2 vote, the state Supreme Court validated a law … Continue reading
David Weinstein Cherry Hill N.J. Consults With Law Makers over Tort Reform – SBWire
Cherry Hill, N.J. — (SBWIRE) — 02/15/2012 — David Weinstein has spent his career dealing with healthcare issues. He’s owned his own medical billing company, and he began a healthcare cooperative in 1999, well before anyone else had thought of … Continue reading
Rick Santorum’s Wife Karen Sued Doctor For $500,000, Despite Senator’s Calls For Tort Reform – Huffington Post
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has advocated capping medical malpractice awards at $250,000, but in 1999, his wife sued her doctor over a back injury and asked for twice that amount As ABC News reports, Santorum’s wife, Karen …
Researchers conclude legal reforms that curb exposure to liability lawsuits create additional jobs and increase productivity and wages – Yahoo Finance
A document that outlines Arizona Technology Council’s policies and principles in the area of Tax, Education and Tort Reform can be viewed and downloaded at http://bit.ly/wpaqpT. About the Arizona Technology Council The Arizona Technology Council …
Letter: Reforms in debt, tort and health care are necessary to get American on track – La Crosse Tribune
The United States of America is a great country. The positives – fertile lands, resources, medical care, schools, goods, services, anything you could possibly want. Good people, volunteering, technology, sports. The negatives – jobs gone overseas, drugs …
A close call and big step ahead – Oregonian
But the immediate merits of the bill correctly won out — not because Oregon doesn’t need tort reform but because establishing a liability cap now could pose complications, some of them constitutional, to be ironed out down the road. And … Continue reading
