Full Story in Dome Politics. Addressing legal reform has been top of mind for Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA), as he mentioned during his State of the State Address in January, and the latest poll from Protecting American Consumers Together (PACT) details this desire for change. “Tort” reform, as it has been referred to, has been a legislative…

Full Story in The Newnan Times-Herald. … The American Tort Reform Foundation has regularly ranked Georgia as one of the country’s number one “judicial hellholes,” and it is easy to see why. “Lawsuit abuse and excessive tort costs wipe out billions of dollars of economic activity annually. Georgia residents pay a ‘tort tax’ of $1,213.80…

Full Story in the Rome News-Tribune As more carriers quit offering policies in a certain market, insurance premiums rise for the businesses in that community. Kemp highlighted one example, Waffle House’s struggles to find affordable insurance in Georgia, in his State of the State address last month. Without a robust market of insurers offering liability…

By Breck Dumas Full article in Fox Business The APCIA says the American household pays more than a $4,200 “tort tax” due to unnecessary and abusive litigation across the country that raises the costs of products and services like groceries and gas. One is jury anchoring, where lawyers attempt to influence juries by throwing out…

By Tom McGrath Full article in Philadelphia Magazine Billboards, alas, are just one way that personal injury attorneys — that segment of the bar that traffics in everything from car crashes and workers’ compensation claims to medical malpractice suits and product liability litigation — have been hustling to get our attention in recent years. According…

Full article in Atlanta Journal Constitution As Gov. Brian Kemp prepares to unveil specifics of his long-promised plan to overhaul Georgia litigation rules, the Republican-backed effort to curb big jury awards and limit lawsuits is getting some timely backup. A group called Protecting American Consumers Together said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $1…

Mass tort litigation too often fails to fairly compensate victims. Rather, the most common outcome of these cases is that it forces productive businesses to waste time and money defending themselves against claims that typically lack merit. The capital that mass torts extract from the U.S. economy is making the United States a less prosperous…

American Transit Insurance Co. liked to put on a show. When ride-sharing companies were capturing bigger slices of the New York market, Uber executives were given box seats costing thousands of dollars to watch NBA games at Barclays Center. A few years prior, ATIC’s 40th anniversary celebration at the New York Athletic Club featured remarks by…

A Delaware judge’s ruling that plaintiff attorneys in a case against Elon Musk were entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees has prompted renewed calls for tort reform on social media and from a legal expert who spoke to Fox News Digital.  Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick ruled earlier this month that Musk is not…