Tort Reform Law 
‘I sleep, eat and breathe jobs’ – CharlotteObserver.com
Tort reform. Haley and Republican allies passed caps on punitive damages in July. Illegal-immigration reform and voter ID laws. Haley signed into law two controversial bills that now are being challenged in court. The immigration bill requires …
Tort reform: Keep a proper balance – Biloxi Sun Herald
To business, health care and insurance interests, tort reform means protection from frivolous lawsuits and a stacked justice system in which it is impossible to assess risks for doing business. To an individual injured by negligence by a …
Group aims to move medical malpractice claims from courts to review boards – Sun Sentinel
Jeb Bush won passage in 2003 of reforms that capped the “non-economic” losses that … The Patients group wants to replace the current tort system with a medical review board of practitioners, much like what’s used in the Workers’ Compensation … Continue reading
Art Callaham: My Christmas wishes – Herald-Mail
In Maryland, I wish for significant tort reform and major changes in the way money from the transportation trust fund is allocated. Particularly in the health care arena, all three legs of the “proverbial health care stool” (provider …
Year-end slowdown – Central Penn Business Journal
But, the state budget was done on time this year, along with property tax and tort reforms, some business tax reductions, a ban on texting while driving and a measure to toughen the state’s sex offender law. A difference in … Continue reading
DECKER: Five questions with Buddy Roemer – Washington Times
Take health care reform, for example. It didn’t include the three things that would lower health care costs most: tort reform, requirements for insurance companies to compete across state lines and exposure of pharmaceutical companies to competition.
Group Criticizes ‘Judicial Hellholes’ Report, Calls It Propaganda – Insurance Journal
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently released its annual report on “judicial hellholes.” It’s a list of jurisdictions that ATRA sees as having unfair, out-of-balance civil justice systems that attract plaintiffs from across …
McLean County courts get slammed for steep settlements in Illinois – Canton Daily Ledger
A central Illinois county has been deemed a “judicial hellhole” for its practice of handing out large settlements to plaintiffs in civil cases, according to a nonprofit that focuses on judicial reform. The American Tort Reform Foundation, or ATRF …
Albany branded a ‘judicial hellhole’ – Daily Gazette
Albany and New York City were declared judicial hellholes in a report from the American Tort Reform Association. The cities earned the distinction after being on the group’s watch list in 2010. The American Tort Reform Association is a …
Haslam moves to assert self in second year – Nashville Tennessean
Tort reform. Haslam proposed new caps on damages in civil lawsuits. His legislation passed with few modifications. Teacher tenure. Haslam suggested requiring new teachers to wait five years to obtain tenure and making it possible to revoke …
