September 20, 2006: Workers' Compensation -- A Cautionary Tale

September 12, 2006: Consumer and Public Heath Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Food Industry Immunity Bill Consumer and Public Health Groups letter to U.S. Senate leaders

August 24, 2006: Consumer Groups and Medical Malpractice Survivors Join Together to Call for Repeal of Caps in Illinois (August 24, 2006) Survivors letter to Illinois legislators

July 12, 2006: New Report Uncovers Stealth Strategy by U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Influence Elections Click for a PDF of the Full Report

June 21, 2006: Consumer Groups And Medical Malpractice Survivors Form United Front Against “Health Courts” (PDF only) Victim's Letter Consumer Groups Letter

May 11, 2006: Consumer Group Condemns Attack On Judges And Juries By Corporate Front Group Click here for PDF

May 8, 2006: Center for Justice & Democracy Applauds Senate Defeat of Medical Malpractice Legislation Click here for PDF

March 27, 2006: Consumer Group Condemns U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Attacking States in Hurricane Ravaged Gulf Coast Region Click here for PDF

March 24, 2006: U.S. Chamber Releases Deceptive Attacks on Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia & Florida
WI Release(Click here for PDF
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February 1, 2006: President Again Chooses Death Over Life- CJ&D Response to the State of the Union Regarding Medical Malpractice and Unsafe Drugs Click here for PDF

December 15, 2005: Statement of Consumer Advocate on Philip Morris Court Decision Click here for PDF

December 13, 2005:Consumer Group Condemns Corporate Front Group for Attacking Judges and Juries Click here for PDF

November 15, 2005: Consumer Group Letter Opposing Vaccine Legislation (PDF only)

November 1, 2005:New Study Shows Falling Claims and Rising Premiums for Physicians Insurance Click here for PDF

October 28, 2005: Statement of the Center for Justice & Democracy in Response to October 26, 2005 Statement of the American Academy of Actuaries Click here for PDF

October 18, 2005:Consumer Group Letter Opposing Congressional Lawsuit Bills, (PDF Only)

September 30, 2005:Consumer Group Calls Bush a "Lawsuit Hypocrite"
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July 29, 2005: Response to PIAAClick here for PDF

July 29, 2005: Statement from The Center for Justice and Democracy on Gun Immunity Legislation Click here for PDF

July 7, 2005: New Study Leads Attorneys General to Proclaim “No Excuse” and “A Matter of Life and Death”Click here for PDF

May 17, 2005: EPI Story Confirms Data Used to Support "Tort Reform" Unfounded Click here for PDF

April 18, 2005: Medical Malpractice Survivors Once Again Request Meeting with President Bush Click here for PDF

April 14, 2005: New Report Finds Health Industry Tribunals to be Horrific Option for Most Patients Click here for PDF

March 15, 2005: AIG Chairman Forced Out After Evidence Company Manipulated Reserves - Same Practice Used by Med Mal Insurers Click here for PDF

March 10, 2005: Center for Justice & Democracy Applauds New Study Finding No Medical Malpractice Litigation "Crisis" Click here for PDF

March 8, 2005: National Consumer Group Blasts U.S. Chamber's "Report" on Business/Litigation Climate Click here for PDF

March 7, 2005: What's Happed to the Chamber of Commerce? Click here for PDF

March 3, 2005: National Consumer Group Applauds Washington Insurance Commissioner For Refunding Premiums to Doctors (March 3, 2005) Click here for PDF

February 23, 2005: Insurance Industry Exposed: New York Times Sets Record Straight on Root of Malpractice Insurance Increases Click here for PDF

February 7, 2005: Patients Losing Patience: Medical Malpractice and Drug Victims Travel to D.C. to Fight Legislation, Demand Meeting with Bush Click here for PDF

January 26, 2005: Disgusted Over Bush's Dismissal of Patients' Needs, Injured Ohio Patient Demands Meeting - Again Click here for PDF

January 19, 2005: Consumer Group Demands AMA to Denounce Doctors Lobbying Patients Click here for PDF

January 11, 2005: Americans Rank "Limits on Jury Verdicts" 11th out of 12 in Health Care Priorities

January 7, 2005: Warning Labels Save Lives Click here for PDF

January 4, 2005: Illinois Medical Malpractice Survivors Demand Meeting with President Bush Click here for PDF

December 15, 2004: Statement of the Center for Justice & Democracy on ATRA's So-Called "Judicial Hellholes"

December 15, 2004: Center for Justice & Democracy Statement: Bush Chooses Death Over Life at Eco. Summit

December 13, 2004: Center for Justice & Democracy Announces Hilarious "Top 10 Zany Immunity Law Awards, 2004"

December 7, 2004: Journalists and Watchdog Groups Denounce Business Lobbyists For Creating "Newspaper" to Push Anti-Justice Agenda

October 13, 2004: Consumer Group and Doctor Team Up to Demand Release of Insurance Data

October 5, 2004: Recent Political Ads Contain Major Falsehoods About Doctor/Hospital Availability Due to Malpractice

September 14, 2004: Consumer Group Condemns Votes in Congress Today Taking Away Consumer Rights

July 20, 2004: Prominent Scholars Join Forces to Counter Civil Justice Critics

June 22, 2004: Families and Victims of Medical Malpractice Request Urgent Meeting with George W. Bush

May 10, 2004:CJ&D Opposes H.R. 4280: A Cruel Proposal That Will Hurt Patients

April 28, 2004: “No One Likes a Hypocrite," Consumer Group Tells Docs

March 11, 2004: “Tort Reform” and Racial Prejudice: A Troublesome Connection

February 24, 2004: Victims of Obstetrical Malpractice Travel to Washington DC - See their stories

February 24, 2004: Families and Victims of Medical Malpractice During Birth Call on Senate to Reject Medical Malpractice Bill

February 23, 2004: Letter to U.S. Senate: Oppose S. 2061; Mothers And Babies Should Not Be Treated As Second Class Citizens In Our Nation's Courts

February 10, 2004: Consumer Groups and Victims Protest Effort by Richest Doctors in America to Take Away Patients' Rights

January 26, 2004: Bush Speech in Arkansas on Medical Malpractice

December 7, 2003: CJ&D Critique of December 15, 2003 Newsweek Cover Story, "Lawsuit Hell"

November 4, 2003: Skyrocketing Premiums and Decreasing Claims Produce Huge Profits for Insurer AIG

October 27, 2003: CJ&D Files FTC Complaint Against In-Flight Audio Programs; Requests that Airlines be Required to Publicly Disclose Paid Corporate Advertising

October 15, 2003: Broad Based Environmental and Citizen Coalition Opposes Unprecedented Bailout for Drinking Water Polluters

October 9, 2003: Hypocrites of "Tort Reform": Doctors and Organized Medicine

September 30, 2003: GAO Findings Consistent with Earlier Investigations: No Crisis

September 26, 2003: Med Mal Insurer Dumping States with Severe "Tort Reforms": More Evidence that Caps Do Not Work

August 11, 2003: New Data Shows Medical Malpractice Filings Have Dropped Over Last Decade; Refutes American Medical Association Claims of "Crisis" in Several States

August 5, 2003: Consumer Group Calls on American Medical Association to Stop Doctors' Use of Anti-Patient Arbitration

April 24, 2003: CJ&D Report Refutes American Medical Association Claims of "Crisis"; Ignores Contradictory Courtroom and Medical Evidence in 18 States

March 13, 2003: Statement of Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director, Center for Justice & Democracy, in Response to U.S. House of Representatives Passage of H.R. 5

March 3, 2003: Seven Medical Malpractice Victims Travel to Washington DC to Ask American Medical Association to End Campaign to Limit Patients' Legal Rights

January 23, 2003: Consumer Groups and Malpractice Survivors Launch National Bus Tour Protesting President Bush's Call For Malpractice Limits

January 15, 2003: Consumer Groups Denounce Bush Decision to Keep Media from Appearance at Hospital with Malpractice Record

November 27, 2002: CJ&D Responds to 60 Minutes: Morley Safer Segment

November 19, 2002: Consumer Advocates Condemn Senate Homeland Vote Placing Corporate Special Interests Above the Public’s Interest

November 1, 2002: CJ&D Responds to 60 Minutes: Andy Rooney Commentary

July 25, 2002: Center For Justice & Democracy Calls On President Bush To Focus On The Real Reasons Why Insurance Costs Are Skyrocketing

July 3, 2002: National Consumer Groups Applaud Congress‚ Call for
Major Investigation of Insurance Industry

July 2, 2002: Flawed Jury Data Masks Trends

June 18, 2002: AMA Issues Bogus Report; Blatantly Ignores Insurance Industry’s Sole Responsibility for Causing Premium Crisis for Doctors

May 29, 2002: California Restrictions on Malpractice Victims Have Not Affected Malpractice Premiums

April 23, 2002: The High-Tech Hypocrites of "Tort Reform"

April 8, 2002: Shakedown: How the Insurance Industry Exploits a Nation in Times of Crisis (click here for pdf file)

March 13, 2002: Insurance Industry Admits: Don’t Expect “Tort Reform” To Reduce Insurance Rates (For a copy of CJ&D's full response to AIA's critique of Premium Deceit, click here for pdf file.)

February 12, 2002: Groundbreaking report forces business lobbyists to admit publicly that "tort reform" won't reduce insurance rates

February 12, 2002: No cut in insurance prices due to "tort reform"

January 26, 2002: “Tort Reform,” Bush and the Enron Connection

January 22, 2002: Study Shows That Warning Labels Save Lives

November 14, 2001: Average Medical Malpractice Payments Only $30,000; Payouts Virtually Flat for a Decade

November 1, 2001: CJ&D Releases Primer on War, Terrorism and the U.S. Civil Justice System

May 14, 2001: Supreme Court Rules in Punitive Damages Case- Easier for Appellate Courts to Overturn Damages

May 14, 2001: Study Disputes “Tort Reform’s” Importance to Small Businesses and to Overall Economy

March 23, 2001: Bush and HMOs: Myth vs. Reality

March 23, 2001: CJ&D Releases Materials on Bush and Lawsuits: His Education and Health Plans: Myth vs. Reality

January 24, 2001: Center for Justice & Democracy fights "tort reform"

November 2, 2000: Great news from the Center for Justice & Democracy

October 27, 2000: Stop the U.S. Chamber of Commerce advertising blitz

October 27, 2000: Mississippi federal court rebukes Chamber on advertising

July 26, 2000: New report uncovers campaign by Big Tobacco and other industries to restrict legal rights

July 29, 1999: Groundbreaking report forces business lobbyists to admit publicly that "tort reform" won't reduce insurance rates

July 13, 1999: No cut in insurance prices due to "tort reform"