Tort Reform Law

In its continuing effort to distract citizens from its true mission — to undermine honest and fair courts — the American Tort Reform Association recently repackaged and re-released its annual so-called “judicial hellhole” report. Why this recycled …

A recent “survey” was conducted by an organization identified as Coalition for Common Sense (CCS) and the results indicate the majority of citizens in Louisiana feel there is a need for tort reform. Their survey found: – 65 percent said … Continue reading →

He would also push for more school choice, promote tort reform, approve the Keystone oil pipeline and other economic moves. A combination of reforms such as addressing adjusting CPI, dependent benefits and disability income benefits reforms …

Various national studies show West Virginia’s legal climate to be very poorly perceived. Organizations as prominent as the American Tort Reform Association, the Institute for Legal Reform and others have rated our state as less than satisfactory in its …

Various national studies show West Virginia’s legal climate to be very poorly perceived. Organizations as prominent as the American Tort Reform Association, the Institute for Legal Reform and others have rated our state as less than satisfactory in its …

A recent “survey” was conducted by an organization identified as Coalition for Common Sense (CCS) and the results indicate the majority of citizens in Louisiana feel there is a need for tort reform. Their survey found: – 65 percent said … Continue reading →

- 71 percent agreed that lawsuit abuse is hurting the state’s economy – 85 percent agreed that personal injury lawyer ads encourage people to sue Surveys of this type, however, always raise more questions than they answer. For instance, who … Continue reading →

LITTLE ROCK — An attorney for a Waldron woman who was injured during a procedure at a Fort Smith hospital asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to strike down part of the Arkansas tort reform law. The court heard … Continue reading →

LITTLE ROCK — An attorney for a Waldron woman who was injured during a procedure at a Fort Smith hospital asked the state Supreme Court today to strike down part of the Arkansas tort reform law. The court heard oral … Continue reading →

Heath noted that West Virginia was recently named to the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual “Judicial Hellholes” list for the 10th consecutive year because of the state’s “failure to address core problems that exist in our state’s legal system.”