Austin, Texas-based Medicus Insurance Co. recently announced its entry into the professional medical liability insurance market in Illinois. Supporters of more companies entering the Illinois market credit the passage of the Illinois Tort Reform Act, signed by Gov. Blagojevich in …
Wearing a bright green protest button, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman “Tiger” Joyce last Tuesday evening joined small business advocates in denouncing the now notorious multimillion-dollar lawsuit, Pearson v. Chung, brought by an administrative law judge against a Washington, …
No pair of pants is worth $54 million. A judge rejected a lawsuit that sought that amount by taking a South Korean dry cleaner’s promise of “Satisfaction Guaranteed” to its most legalistic extreme. Roy L. Pearson became a worldwide symbol …
Do policy changes like deregulation and tort reform really matter? Some people wonder because the costs of over regulation or a legal system run amok are largely hidden. They are no less real than the costs of taxation, of course, …
A Tennessee state representative who helped shepherd a bipartisan effort to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits said he was glad the measure did not pass. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rob Briley, D-Nashville, said supporters of the medical malpractice bill exaggerated …
In its ongoing, multimillion-dollar lobbying and advertising campaign decrying “frivolous” lawsuits and “jackpot” jury awards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has anointed West Virginia the poster child of all that ails the nation’s civil justice system. The national group has …
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry’s veto of a bill putting restrictions on civil lawsuits may have killed the issue for the 2007 Oklahoma Legislature, Republican legislative leaders said. Asked if efforts to revise the civil justice system are dead for the …
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a sweeping civil justice measure that would have changed the way negligence and medical malpractice lawsuits are filed and litigated in state courts. Despite his veto of the so-called “tort reform” bill, Henry said …
Oklahoma’s landscape is in constant motion with the activity of oil wells, their seesaw-like movements pumping oil and natural gas to the surface and fueling the state’s economy. Oil wells are also a source of income for hundreds of thousands …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) says the tort reform package (S.B. 507) recently passed by Oklahoma Legislature will reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits and therefore encourage economic development in the state. The bill awaits Gov. Brad Henry’s signature. According …