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The Descent 10 Dec 2012 | 04:32 am
It haunted him, without mercy. Strong, athletic, handsome, and personable, he seemed at life’s outset to be unfairly advantaged. His friends were many; a ladies man, by reputation, the life of every ...
The Descent 10 Dec 2012 | 04:32 am
It haunted him, without mercy. Strong, athletic, handsome, and personable, he seemed at life’s outset to be unfairly advantaged. His friends were many; a ladies man, by reputation, the life of every p...
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Deja Brew: A Mediator Looks Back at the Hot Coffee Case or How to Keep Your Dispute from Spilling into Court ivams.com 17 Jan 2012 | 10:26 am
Even after twenty years, the so-called “McDonald’s coffee case” or “hot coffee case” is still the poster child of tort reform advocates and the rally cry of consumer attorneys. The former decry a lega...
Governor Brown, tort reformers? californiainsuranceweb.org 8 May 2012 | 04:07 pm
This is undoubtedly the wild one, in the state of California law reform. With the Democratic legislature and governor, you will think of trial lawyers in Jinzhou will be clean. Especially when you con...
China’s Food Safety Law and Tort Reform chinacomment.wordpress.com 22 Jun 2009 | 04:52 pm
With its new Food Safety Law that went into effect on June 1st, 2009, China has edged closer toward an “Americanization” of its tort law system (at least in the Product Liability area). China has give...
City of Houston v. Esparza progeny: Another interlocutory appeal by the City in a car wreck case goes nowhere, but back to the trial court houston-courts-and-cases.blogspot.com 1 Jun 2012 | 02:51 pm
The City of Houston v. Lackey, NO. 01-11-00248-CV (Tex.App. – Houston [1st Dist.] May 31, 2012) (City’s jurisdictional defense in suit brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act rejected; trial court’s d...
Loser Pays – How To Avoid Frivolous Lawsuits rjmintz.com 1 Mar 2013 | 11:01 pm
The outline of a new health care plan is taking shape but the issue of litigation and tort reform has not been solved by this legislation. While there’s not much debate among health care providers tha...
Tort reform, arbitration, damages caps, and McDonald's 'Hot Coffee' markcz.com 18 Mar 2013 | 07:11 pm
Much more then merely setting the record straight on one misperceived lawsuit, Hot Coffee> uses that example to crack open the broader issue. If we expect to have any chance of preserving our individu...
An inverse relationship between the amount of litigation and the amount of regulation lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com 19 Apr 2013 | 08:40 pm
This leader to an article caught my eye: “In markets with little regulation, litigation soars. As regulation rises, litigation falls. Unless consumers are bound by so-called tort reform, their only r...
Editorial Calls for Raising Cap on Malpractice Damages medicalmalpractice.levinperconti.com 19 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
While it may be hard to believe, not all “tort reform” trends in legislative chambers are in one direction. There are several laws being proposed which actually seek to expand rights for those affecte...
Patient Advocates Seek to Block Dangerous Medical Malpractice Law medicalmalpractice.levinperconti.com 14 Aug 2013 | 05:21 pm
The battle to beat back misguided tort reform laws remains in full-effect. While many consider “tort reform” as synonymous with “damage caps,” it is important to remember that there are many other way...
New Report: No Connection Between Med Mal & Medical Costs medicalmalpractice.levinperconti.com 9 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The most recognizable argument made in public policy debates about "tort reform" laws is the supposed connections between medical malpractice liability and medical costs. The reason that proponents ma...