The North Carolina House postponed its planned vote this week on whether to make the state just the second in the country to protect pharmaceutical companies from almost all lawsuits. The legislation would grant companies immunity from lawsuits if the …
Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to limit lawsuit damages in Tennessee has passed the Senate last week despite passionate arguments from opponents that the measure would unfairly target victims. The legislation carried by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville …
The Tennessee House this week approved Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s measure to place limits on payouts from successful lawsuits. The chamber voted 72-24 to pass the bill carried by Republican Rep. Vance Dennis of Savannah that would place a $750,000 …
A mother who won $1.5 million in court for the death of her only child says the March verdict brought her some closure, but she was too emotional a week later to testify to state lawmakers about why she thinks …
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have passed a major tort reform bill, an agent-supported move that sets up a vote in the Senate that could happen as early as this month. The tort reform bill, also called the Fair Share Act, is …
A bill that would further reform medical malpractice suits in Florida has been approved by a House panel. The bill increases the burden of proof for plaintiffs to win medical malpractice cases. It largely makes hospitals blameless for the errors …
People who are awarded civil judgments against multiple parties would no longer be able to collect all of it from any single defendant under a bill that Pennsylvania Republicans in the state House moved near to a final vote on …
A Republican-sponsored proposal to cap damages for pain and suffering in civil lawsuits to $350,000 headed to the governor’s desk after the Oklahoma Senate approved it on April 4 in a vote mostly along party lines. The House approved HB …
A proposed compromise to limit lawsuit damages in Tennessee is a step in the right direction, but there’s still work to be done, claims former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson. Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal would place a $750,000 limit on non-economic …
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has offered a compromise on his proposal to limit lawsuit damages, drafting a change to the bill that would exempt catastrophic cases from the caps he wants to impose on most awards. The Republican governor’s original …
