Tort Reform Law

An idea to tackle tort reform, defensive medicine in Georgia – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

It’s been 20 months since the Georgia Supreme Court threw out a key plank of the state’s 2005 tort reform: a $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages for medical malpractice. During that time there’s been some hopeful talk among supporters of … Continue reading

It’s now or never for action on a privacy tort: Kirby – The Australian

Mr Kirby is globally renowned as a champion of privacy. As the head of the Australian Law Reform Commission, he first advocated a limited privacy tort in 1979. That year he chaired an OECD committee that produced influential guidelines on … Continue reading

Alabama Voices: Jobs main focus – Montgomery Advertiser

Anti-corruption reform, pro-growth economic development bills, budgeting reform, tenure reform, tort reform and campaign finance reform were highlights on a long list of legislative accomplishments. Now, with our second regular session …

Tort reform benefits speak for themselves – Corpus Christi Caller

CORPUS CHRISTI — You could almost set your watch to the intervals when people who oppose smart, common-sense legal reforms release “reports” that rely on doctored data to back up their narrow view that legal reforms have been bad for … Continue reading

Tort reform resulting in better care for Texans – Houston Chronicle

You could almost set your watch to the intervals when people who oppose smart, common-sense legal reforms release so-called reports that rely on doctored data to back up their narrow view that legal reforms have been bad for health care … Continue reading

The supercommittee ‘wish lists’ – Washington Post

save $700 billion by block granting Medicaid, cut $400 billion in mandatory spending, slash another $1.4 trillion in other health care mandatory spending, save $150 billion by slicing the federal workforce and put a $60 billion cap on tort reform.

Gingrich backs privatized Social Security for young – YAHOO!

Gingrich promised to establish job-retraining programs for “lawyers and bureaucrats” who would be thrown out of work during his presidency because of his proposed tort reform and budget reduction measures. He also promised to teach an online civics class as … Continue reading

Graddick looking good – Anniston Star

Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse is dormant. It took 15 years to see a full slate of tort reform passed, but it finally happened. People yet unborn will benefit from AVALA’s work. Graddick is the first person we ever heard … Continue reading

Santorum says he’s not inconsistent in backing tort reform – Des Moines Register

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said Thursday he sees no inconsistency between his support for legal reforms and his wife being awarded a $175,000 judgment in a past medical malpractice lawsuit. Karen Santorum, a former nurse and a nonpracticing …

James Madison Institute Releases Study Outlining “Patients’ Compensation System” – WCTV

Though recent tort reform resulted in a decrease in the cost of medical malpractice insurance, this did not directly decrease the cost of care in Florida. There is still no mechanism in place to mandate a reduction in patients’ healthcare … Continue reading