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Plaintiff Who Lost Pants Loses $54 Million Lawsuit Against Dry Cleaner
(7/3/2007)
In a ruling that’s being widely hailed as one that restores some sanity to the legal system, a judge has dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit seeking $54 million in damages filed by a man who says a neighborhood dry cleaners lost the pants from a suit and tried to give him a pair that were not his... Full Story
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House Moves to Shield Manufacturers From Obesity, Gun Liability
(10/25/2005)
Less than 24 hours after a House of Representatives vote in favor of a bill that would provide makers and distributors of food products immunity from lawsuits... Full Story
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FL Lawyers Figure Way Around Med Mal Cap Amendment; Doctors Protest
(8/2/2005)
“Please sign here to waive your constitutional rights.” That’s what some attorneys in Florida have been asking prospective clients ever since November, when 63% of the state’s voters amended the state’s constitution to severely limit the amount of money a plaintiff’s attorney can earn in a medical malpractice case... Full Story
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Bush Signs Class Action Reform Into Law
(2/23/2005)
One day after the House passed it, President Bush signed the Class Action Fairness Act (S. 5) into law. The key provision in the bill redirects many class action lawsuits from state courts into the federal court system... Full Story
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Majority of Doctors Experience Trouble Getting Med Mal or "Go Bare"
(12/29/2004)
In a recent Medical Economics poll, doctors sounded off about their experiences obtaining medical malpractice insurance... Full Story
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Medicare Decision on Obesity Could Spur Fast Food Lawsuits
(7/28/2004)
Legal observers say a decision announced July 15, 2004 by Medicare that treatments for obesity will now be covered could open the door to more fast food lawsuits... Full Story
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Tort Reform Bill Stalls in Senate
(7/13/2004)
An agreement hammered out months ago to pass a class-action reform bill backed by the insurance industry fell apart late last week in the U.S. Senate. The Class Action Fairness Act (S. 2062) would have placed most large class actions in federal court and taken them away from the jurisdiction of state courts, where tort reform advocates say abuses are rampant... Full Story
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Class Action Bill May See Senate Action
(7/7/2004)
As the Senate reconvenes this week, the topic of tort reform will be on the agenda. The Class Action Fairness Act (S. 2062) would allow federal courts to more easily exercise jurisdiction over large, interstate class action lawsuits... Full Story
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