Ross Marchand, a senior fellow for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, recently wrote a new opinion piece in The Well News explaining the importance of stopping lawsuit abuse to restore fairness to American courtrooms. 

In it he explains how billboard attorney’s exploitation of litigation not only leads to higher prices, bankrupt small businesses, and higher rents, but clogs up our court systems and hurts the entire justice system. Judicial dockets are now full of phony cases designed to receive the maximum payout from small businesses that don’t have massive legal defense teams. 

Marchand writes: 

“According to a 2024 investigation by ABC’s New York affiliate, phony slip and fall claims ‘are causing insurance premiums to rise for building owners who are then passing on the increased costs to tenants, homeowners and consumers.’ One Brooklyn building owner ‘received a fraudulent lawsuit from a man who alleges he was severely injured when he fell on the sidewalk outside the owner’s building. Eyewitness News reviewed the surveillance video of the fall and it doesn’t appear to be a serious incident.’”

Some states have started taking action against these deceptive practices, most notably Georgia’s Governor Kemp signed legislation that directly addresses the issue of lawsuit abuse. It’s time for the entire country to follow suit and enact lawsuit abuse reform to protect consumers and lower prices nationwide. If we don’t consumers will continue to suffer.