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Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice By the Numbers

Fact Sheet: Caps On Compensatory Damages: A State Law Summary

Death Spiral: Private Equity Ownership Of Health Care

How Low Can They Go? State Civil, Tort, Med Mal, Products Caseloads and Jury Trials

Dark Clouds Fading Light

Spotlight: Corporate Salaries Are Breaking Records

Spotlight: Female Doctors Are Safer For Female Patients

Spotlight: Surveys Show That Physician Burnout Is Dropping And Job Satisfaction Is Improving

Spotlight: The Insurance Industry Is Causing Inflation

Spotlight: Gun Industry Immunity Is Cracking

Spotlight: The Great Big-Pharmacy Rip-Off

Spotlight: News About The East Palestine, Ohio Train Disaster Keeps Coming

Spotlight: Congress: Automakers Are Using Parts Made By Forced Labor

Spotlight: Tesla Keeps Recalling Cars

Spotlight: Deadly Takata Airbags Are Still On The Road

Spotlight: Autonomous Cars Are Still Unsafe

Spotlight: Private Equity Firms Are Buying Up Asbestos Claims

Fact Sheet: Moving Hazards: The Land

Fact Sheet: Moving Hazards: The Water

Fact Sheet: Moving Hazards: The Rails

Fact Sheet: Moving Hazards: The Roads

Study: Moving Hazards: Transportation Systems and Environmental Disasters

Fact Sheet: Dropping Like a Rock;Tort Litigation In The United States

Jury Excision: Executive Summary

Jury Excision: Medical Malpractice, Forced Arbitration, and Alternative Compensation Systems

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Backgrounder: Caps on Damages and Who’s Hurt Most

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice “Caps” can Harm Patient Safety and Increase Health Care Costs

Fact Sheet: The Impact of “Tort Reform” (Caps) on Physician Location and Health Care Spending

Limiting Lawsuits Will Not Lower Insurance Premiums (2024 Update)

Kicked Out of Court in 2023; 50 Cases Showing the Real-World Impact of Forced Arbitration

Backgrounder: How Secondary Asbestos Exposure Devastates Families

Backgrounder: Forced Invasions Of Privacy; The Attack on Third-Party Litigation Financing

Study: Critiques Of “Nuclear” Jury Verdicts Whitewash Corporate Misconduct And Dehumanize Victims

Nuclear Fizzle: Introduction and Summary

Nuclear Fizzle: How Jury Grievance Reports Whitewash Corporate Misconduct and Dehumanize Victims

Spotlight: Don’t Believe “Tort Cost” Figures From Corporate Groups

Spotlight: How Rich Is The Property/Casualty Insurance Industry? So Rich.

Spotlight: Policyholders Are Being Price-Gouged By The Insurance Industry

Spotlight: Commercial Insurance Claims Are Dropping

Spotlight: The Endless Price-Gouging Of Doctors

Spotlight: Trucking Companies Are Being Price-Gouged By The Insurance Industry

Spotlight: Lawsuits Are Extremely Rare Following Truck Crashes

Spotlight: Trucking Industry: “Large Jury Verdicts Are Our Fault”

Spotlight: Securities Class Actions Have Been Dropping For Years

Spotlight: Asbestos Is Still Harming Workers And Communities

Tucker Carlson vs. Joanne Doroshow

Study Shows Insurance Industry Price-Gouges Businesses While Claims Drop

Inventing Social Inflation 2023

Backgrounder: How Corporate Groups Are Humiliating Their Own Attorneys

False, Inflated Drivel: What’s Wrong With The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s “Tort Cost” Report

Recent Publication Highlights

Study: Big Trucks - An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

Reinsurance: A Secretive Foreign Industry That Can Cause Great Harm In The United States

Hurricanes and Insurance: Learning from the Past

TMI Documents

Spotlight: Asbestos Imports are on the Rise in the U.S.

Spotlight: Record-Breaking Number of People Killed by Big Trucks in the U.S.

Spotlight: Elon Musk's Crash Course

Spotlight: Sleep Deprivation Leads to Medical Errors

Spotlight: Asbestos Exposure Will Be a Problem for Many Years

Spotlight: Congress Finally Cracked the Forced Arbitration Wall

Spotlight: Caps on Damages are Dangerous

Spotlight: Seasonal Low Wage Workers are Routinely Cheated

Spotlight: Preventable Death Rates for U.S. Women Among Highest in World

Spotlight: As Vehicles Become More Powerful, Pedestrian Deaths Increase

Spotlight: Workers' Compensation During Covid

Spotlight: OSHA Failed to Protect Workers During the Pandemic

Spotlight: Worker Covid Deaths are Not Being Tracked

Spotlight: The Myth of COVID Health Care Lawsuits

Spotlight: Doctors Believe that Lawsuit Outcomes are Fair

2022 Letters to State Officials Objecting to Covid Liability Shields

Fact Sheet: System Letdown Compensation

Fact Sheet: System Letdown Government Failures

System Letdown Highlights and Executive Summary

Fact Sheet: System Letdown Worker Harm

System Letdown: Worker Safety, Harm and Compensation in the Age of Covid-19

Fact Sheet: Doctors Come Clean About Lawsuits

Group Letter to House Supporting FAIR Act

Civil Justice Highlights From There Are No Accidents

Fact Sheet: Understanding Non-Economic Damages

Spotlight: Civil Justice is Bi Partisan

Group Letter to Congress to Ban Forced Arbitration for Service Members

Fact Sheet: PILLS; Big Pharma, the FDA, and Problem Medicine

Study: PILLS; Big Pharma, the FDA, and Problem Medicine

Group Letter to House Judiciary on Bankruptcy Abuse Bill

Spotlight: Judges Are Breaking the Law and Harming Injured Victims

Spotlight: Litigation Finance Firms Screen Out Meritless Cases

Spotlight: Auto Insurance Companies Made a Windfall From the Pandemic

Spotlight: Property Casualty Insurance Companies Can Legally Price Fix

Spotlight: Government Oversight Over Insurance Industry Practices Barely Exists

Spotlight: New Trick By Wealthy Corporate Fat Cats to Cheat Victims: Dummy Bankruptcy

Spotlight: More Than a Dozen Auto Safety Rules are Years Overdue

Spotlight: Asbestos is Still Not Banned in the United States

Spotlight: The Insurance Industry Helped Coverup Asbestos Hazards and Disease

Spotlight: Industry Cover-Up of Asbestos Hazards Has Continued for More Than a Century

Spotlight: When Laws Take Compensation Decisions Away From Judges And Juries Tragedy Results

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Creates Terrifying New Travel Dangers

Spotlight: The ABCs of Tort Reform Fails

Spotlight: The U.S. Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited From Pandemic

Spotlight: Unnecessary Hourly Billing by Insurance Lawyers is Causing Insurance Costs to Rise

Spotlight: Access to our Civil Courts is Critically Important for Sexual Assault Survivors

Spotlight: Black Patients Are More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Unsafe Care

Spotlight: A Growing Number Of Rich Companies Are Forcing Consumers To Arbitrate Disputes

Spotlight: When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Spotlight: Tort Reform Has A Disparate Impact On The Elderly, The Unemployed And Women

Spotlight: Insurance Companies Pay Far Less Than What Juries Award

Spotlight: Disappearing Juries Threatens Democracy

Spotlight: Medical Errors and Covid-19

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Spotlight: When it Comes to Auto Safety, Litigation Plays a Critical Role

Worth, Ken Feinberg and Trial Lawyers: The Real Story

Fact Sheet: The Sad Truth About Hospitals, Patient Safety And Racism

Group Letter Objecting to DoD Rule on Military Medical Malpractice Claims

Fact Sheet: The Disparate Impact of Tort Reform on the Elderly, the Unemployed, and Women

Fact Sheet: To Rein in Costs, Get Insurance Defense Lawyers Under Control!

Fact Sheet: The Myth of Nuclear Verdicts

Fact Sheet: How the Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited from the COVID 19 Pandemic

Welcome to Insurance Isle

Fact Sheet: Autonomous Vehicles and The Importance of Banning Forced Arbitration Clauses

2021 Student Legislative Memos

Coalition Letter to House on AVs and Forced Arbitration

2021 Student Letters to Federal Agencies

Insurance: The Essential Guide to a Bewildering Industry

Center For Justice & Democracy Releases New Medical Malpractice Briefing Book

Press Release: Study Shows How Lawsuits Save Lives and Mitigate Our Nation’s Most Serious Crises

Lifesavers 2021

Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Group Letter to Congress to Protect State Law Aviation Claims

Study: Limiting Lawsuits; Small Businesses' Least Concern

Patient Safety Letter Opposing Corporate Immunity

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Press Release: Center for Justice and Democracy Releases Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Press Release: More Than 50 National and State Organizations Ask U.S. House To Oppose Health Care Immunity Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House Opposing Health Care Immunity Bill

Fact Sheet: State Covid-19 Health Care Immunity Laws

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Press Release: Study Shows Insurance Industry Once Again Creates A Phony Crisis To Price-Gouge Businesses

Study: How the Cash Rich Insurance Industry Fakes Crises and Invents Social Inflation

Press Release: Center For Justice & Democracy Releases New Transportation Study

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - and Other Transportation Hazards

Fact Sheet: Amtrak and Forced Arbitration, Saving Money On The Backs Of Their Own Injured Passengers

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing WA Trucking Petition

Fact Sheet: Litigation’s Safety Role; Auto Recalls and Beyond

Fact Sheet: New York Has The Worst Wrongful Death Law In The Nation

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Top 15 Things We Learned From Our Deep Dive Into CBO’s New Medical Malpractice Working Paper

Spotlight: Asbestos Litigation Does Not Cost Jobs

Spotlight: Products and Practices Made Safer As a Result of Lawsuits

Spotlight: Industry Insiders Long Ago Admitted - Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Spotlight: Feres Doctrine

Spotlight: How do contingency-fee attorneys screen out frivolous lawsuits?

Spotlight: How Does Tort Reform Violate Conservative Principles?

Spotlight: Celebrating Workers' Rights And Safety

Spotlight: Drastic Worker' Comp Cutbacks Plummet Workers Into Poverty

Spotlight: Women Suffer Most From Unsafe Drugs

Spotlight: The Late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on The Right to Civil Jury Trial

Spotlight: Real Conservatives Like Contingency Fees

Spotlight: "Caps" On Compensation Hurt Only Those Most Seriously Injured

Spotlight: “Caps” Discriminate Against Women

Spotlight: Generic ADHD Drugs May Not Work

Spotlight: Nursing Homes Harm Short-Term Patients

Spotlight: Nursing- A Highly Dangerous Occupation

Spotlight: Look Which Famous Cases Were Environmental "Personal Injury" Lawsuits

Spotlight: Lawsuits Limits Led to Financial Collapse

Spotlight: Heart Implants: The Most Dangerous Medical Implants Ever Made

Spotlight: A Word From An Insurance Industry Lobbyist

Spotlight: Avoidable Medical Errors Are the Third Leading Cause of Death in America

Spotlight: 75% of Tort Judgments Are Less Than $12,200

Spotlight: The cruise ship industry has greater legal immunity than many other industies

Spotlight: Medical Malpractice - Even Presidents Are At Risk

Spotlight: Why are tort lawsuits important?

Spotlight: No Special Treatment For Gun Makers

Spotlight: Robotic Surgery Can Cause Horrendous Errors

Spotlight: Hospitals Could Do More To Prevent Blood Clot Deaths

Spotlight: Our Food Contains Thousands of Uninspected Ingredients

Spotlight: The Chance of Dying Due To a Medical Error

Spotlight: What is a Forced Arbitration Clause?

Spotlight: Medication Errors Occur in Half of All Surgeries

Spotlight: "Tort Reform" Is Corporate Welfare

Spotlight: Diagnostic Errors Kill Nearly Twice As Many Patients As Do Other Medical Errors

Spotlight: Constitution Day

Spotlight: Texas Destroys Patients' Rights; Ends Up With Doctor Shortage!

Spotlight: Academic Study - Product Liability Leads to Safer Products

Spotlight: Hospital Errors Increase On Weekends

Spotlight: Academic Study - “Tort Reforms” Actually Lead to An Increase in Claims “Severity”

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Bus Industry Preemption Petition

Student Memo: Restoring Justice For Workers Act

Student Memo: Justice for Servicemembers Act

Student Memo: Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act)

Student Memo: AV Vehicles

Student Memo: Feres Doctrine

FAQ: The Feres Doctrine

Fact Sheet: Forced Arbitration Clauses and Class Actions Waivers, By The Numbers

Fact Sheet: Cases Tossed Out of Court Because of Forced Arbitration Causes and Class Action Bans

Press Release: Center For Justice and Democracy Releases New Study On Sexual Assault And Civil Justice

Fact Sheet: The Importance of Civil Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors and the Devastating Consequences of “Tort Reform”

The Importance of Civil Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors and the Devastating Consequences of Tort Reform

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Law Review: Federal Legislative Attacks on Class Action

Fact Sheet: State Tort Limits In Sexual Assault Cases; Caps and Statutes of Limitations

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Trucking Industry Preemption Petition

Center For Justice & Democracy Releases Top 22 Celebrities Harmed By Medical Malpractice

Top 22 Celebrities Harmed By Medical Malpractice

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Four Federal Court Bills

Fact Sheet: Physician Shortages Loom While Malpractice Premiums and Claims are at Record Lows

Press Release: Center For Justice & Democracy Releases New Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice By The Numbers

Press Release: Center For Justice & Democracy Releases Top 30“Tort Reform” Hypocrites of 2018!

Top 30 “Tort Reform” Hypocrites of 2018!

Press Release: Center for Justice & Democracy Joins 132 Groups Urging SEC Against Opening the Floodgates to Forced Arbitration

Group Letter to House Opposing FAA Trucking Amendments

Fact Sheet: Strengthening Federal AV Car Bills, Liability, Arbitration and Preemption

Backgrounder: Protecting the Legal Rights of Generic Drug Victims

Student Memo: Sexual Harassment, Arbitration, and Employee Class Actions

Student Memo: Robot Cars

Student Memo: Generic Drug Industry Liability

Student Memo: Medical Malpractice/Drug Industry, Nursing Home Bill, H.R. 1215

Student Memo: Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, S. 237

Student Memo: Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act, H.R. 906, H.R. 985

Student Memo: Department of Education Arbitration Rule and S. 553

Student Memo: Americans with Disabilities Act, H.R. 620

A "Retort" To The White House Budget's Medical Malpractice Proposals

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing ADA Bill

FAQ: ASBESTOS – THE AWFUL TRUTH

Group Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Worker Safety Bill

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on "Lawsuit Abuse" hearing

Press Release: New Report Showing How Class Actions Help Individuals and Small Businesses Get Justice

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives on Cy Pres

Fact Sheet: The Epidemic of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Press Release: How Consumer Financial Class Actions Help and Protect Americans

Study: How Consumer Financial Class Actions Help and Protect Americans

Comments Objecting to CMS Forced Arbitration Rule for Nursing Homes

Comments Objecting to Department of Education Forced Arbitration Class Action Waiver Actions

Statement of Joanne Doroshow on House Passage of H.R. 1215

Fact Sheet: Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Press Release: OVER 80 NATIONAL AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS ASK U.S. HOUSE TO REJECT BILL LIMITING PATIENTS’ RIGHTS

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Statement of Joanne Doroshow on Trump Budget Medical Malpractice Proposals

Fact Sheet: How the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act Will be Used to Block Civil Rights Cases

Trial Magazine: A Voice Against Tort "Reform"

Fact Sheet: Veterans Will Be Harmed by Federal Medical Malpractice Bill

Statement on March 2017 Passage of Three House Anti-Civil Justice Bills

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Class Action Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Letters Opposing Six U.S. House Anti-Civil Justice Bills

Group Letter to House Judiciary Comm. Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Fact Sheet: H.R. 1215 - The “Protecting Access to Unsafe Care Act of 2017”

NFIB: The Unimportance of "Tort Reform" to Small Businesses

Letter from Veterans Groups Opposing Federal Asbestos Bill

Letter from Asbestos Victims Opposing Federal Asbestos Bill

Letter from Consumer Groups Opposing Federal Asbestos Bill

Letter from Privacy Groups Opposing the Federal Asbestos Bill

Letter from Occupational Safety and Health Groups Opposing Federal Asbestos Bill

Group Letters Opposing the FACT Act, H.R. 906

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Class Action Bill, H.R. 985

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Worker Safety, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Consumer Safety, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, the Environment, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Discrimination, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheets: Why Care About Medical Malpractice in ACA Replacement Bills

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Fact Sheet: If You Care About Workers, You Should Care About the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

Fact Sheet: If You Care About the Environment, You Should Care About the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

Fact Sheet: If You Care About Discrimination, You Should Care About the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

Opposition to the Federal "Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act"

Poking Holes in Judicial Hellholes, ATRA’S Annual Fake News Story

New Med Mal Studies From Americans for Insurance Reform

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice Insurance Studies Undermine Leading Arguments for Tort Reform

Americans for Insurance Reform Issues Two New Studies On Medical Malpractice Insurance

Premium Deceit 2016: The Failure of "Tort Reform" To Cut Insurance Prices

Stable Losses Unstable Rates 2016

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Violates the 7th Amendment

National groups oppose Texas arbitration proposal

Coalition Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2304, The "SPEAK FREE Act"

Asbestos: What's Old Is New Again

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

FAQ: Privacy and Forced Arbitration - Why It Matters

Fact Sheet: Civil, Tort and Medical Malpractice Caseloads

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R.4771, the "HEALTH Act of 2016"

Group Letter in Opposition to the DARK Act, Banning State GMO Labeling Requirements

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3624, "The Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act"

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow , CJ&D Executive Director, on Maryland's No-Fault Injury Fund Proposal

The New Patient Compensation System–Government Harming Patients

FAQ: You Cruise, You Might Lose

Briefing Book: Tort Litigation By The Numbers

CJ&D Statement Condemning Passage of H.R. 1927

Groups Oppose H.R. 1927, The "Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015"

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Book: Watchdogs and Whistleblowers

FAQ: Civil Justice And Prison Health Care

Spotlight: LED Lighting Can Cause Health Problems

Statement by Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director, Center for Justice & Democracy On H.R. 1927, the ‘‘Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015’’

Fact Sheet: Affordable Care Act “Replacement” Bills – Biased and Unfair Lawsuit Provisions

Fact Sheet: Mass-Casualty Railroad Accidents And Liability Caps

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards – A Terrible Idea

Group Letter in Support of Changing NYS Med Mal Statute of Limitations

Group Letter: Opposition to the SPACE Act, a Bill to Immunize Private Space Companies

Coalition Letter in Opposition to the FACT Act (H.R. 526), An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Group Letter in Opposition to S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act

National Organizations Oppose H.R. 1927, Legislation That Would Destroy Federal Class Action Rights

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015"

Consumer Letter to Congress on CFPB Funding

Fact Sheet: CFPB Arbitration Study - Highlights

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Fact Sheet: Facts About "LARA"- An Anti-Civil Justice Bill That Defies Common Sense

Fact Sheet: Facts About The “Fact Act” - An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Reducing Auto Insurance Rates: What Will Work in Louisiana

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before the FDA on Generic Drugs

Group Letter to CFPB

Spotlight: Seniors Are Overprescribed Psychiatric Drugs

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Supporting Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Small Businesses' Infinitesimal "Tort" Problem

Fact Sheet: Federal Preemption of Tort Law

Group Letter Opposing the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act)

Groups to Congress: Protect Civil Justice

Fact Sheet: Corporations Pursue Legal Immunity by Attacking State Attorneys General

Backgrounder: Corporations Pursue Legal Immunity by Attacking State Attorneys General

Fact Sheet: Cases Where "Tort Reforms" Have Been Held Unconstitutional

Fact Sheet: New Studies Show: "Caps" On Damages Ruin Health Care

National Consumer Group Releases New Study About The Importance of Class Action Lawsuits

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical To Remedy Financial Discrimination Against Minorities

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Racial Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Invasions of Privacy

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Gender Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Our Drinking Water

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Disability Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Patients and Health Care Providers

Fact Sheet: How Small Businesses Benefit From Class Actions

Letter to GM on Feinberg Contracts

Statement on Feinberg/GM compensation plan

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Fact Sheet: Koch and Asbestos Legislation

Nursing Home Victims: The Impact of "Caps"

ER Negligence Cases

ER Cases: States with Higher Legal Burdens

FAQ: The Importance of New York's Scaffold Law

FAQ: Worker's Compensation Opt-Out Laws

FAQ: Trespasser Liability

Letter to Congressman Nadler

Backgrounder: The Implausible Garlock Asbestos Decision

Consumer Letter to GM to Create Compensation Fund

Fact Sheet: The Importance of Private Enforcement Examples of Civil Rights Consumer Class Actions

Letter from Consumer Groups to Congress Opposing the "Clinical Guideline" Immunity Bill

Fact Sheet: Florida Supreme Court Opinion Finding "Cap" Unconstitutional

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

Comments on the Proposed Discovery Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Comments on Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products

Fact Sheet: Civil Rights Class Actions: A Singularly Effective Tool to Combat Discrimination

Statement for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Record: “The Federal Arbitration Act and Access to Justice: Will Recent Supreme Court Decisions Undermine the Rights of Consumers, Workers, and Small Businesses?”

New White Paper: America's Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry; How Legal Immunity Could Be Making You Sick

White Paper: America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry

Student Letter Opposing S. 1009, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act

Student Letter Opposing H.R. 2655, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Student Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act

Asbestos, Rule 11 and Chemical Letters to Congress

Letter to Congress Opposing LARA and the FACT Act

Letter to Congress Opposing the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA)

Public Interest Group Letter to Congress on Shutdown

Fact Sheet: Our Multi-Millionaire Insurance Executives

New Consumer Study Debunks Myths About California's Medical Malpractice "Cap" and Access to Patient Care

Exposing Medical Myths

Study: Exposing Medical Myths: "Caps" and Physician Supply

Executive Summary - Exposing Medical Myths: "Caps" and Physician Supply

FAQ: Fracking, Regulation, and Obstacles to Litigation

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Opposing Rule 11 Bill

Fact Sheet: Federal Rule Changes: What's at Stake

Letter to the House Opposing H.R. 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act)

Fact Sheet: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

National Consumer Group Releases Alarming Study About the Demise of Class Actions in America

White Paper: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

FAQ: Vanishing Rights and Remedies Under Forced Arbitration

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

Center for Justice & Democracy Tells Congress: Corporate Litigation Abuses Harm 99 Percent of Americans

Statement of Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, on New Hampshire's Early Offer Law

Letter and Critique of the Center for American Progress Recommendation to Immunize Physicians who Follow Practice Guidelines

National Consumer Group Releases Study Strongly Endorsing Contingency Fee System

Factsheet: COURTHOUSE CORNERSTONE: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

White Paper: Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

Who We Are

Consumer Group Releases New Study Critiquing Georgia's Patient Compensation System Proposal

Georgia's Patient Compensation System -- A New State Agency That Will Harm Patients

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, October 10, 2012: Amy Miller

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, September 6, 2012: James Adams

Fact Sheet: Lawyers' Income and Fees

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

Fact Sheet: Insurance Companies Lobby to Limit Compensation to the Sick and Injured But Pay their Executives Millions of Dollars

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, July 12, 2012: Herman Cole

Letter to Congress on Asbestos Bill

Spotlight: “Tort Reformers” Promote Myths about the Tort System

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, May 24, 2012: Molly Akers

Fact Sheet: Texas Physician Supply

Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, Testifies Before New Hampshire Committee; Condemns Unethical and Unfair Medical Malpractice Proposal

Statement From The Center for Justice & Democracy On Oil Industry Immunity Legislation

Letter to House Judiciary Committee - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Letter to the House - Consumer Groups Oppose Anti-Trust Repeal

White Paper: Our Fatal Food Attraction: Regulatory Failures and the Civil Justice System

Letter to the House - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Fact Sheet: Examples of Important Cases Brought by State Attorneys General

Coalition Letter to Congress on State AGs

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before New York City Council on Medical Malpractice

Americans for Insurance Reform Releases New Study on How the Insurance Industry Creates Insurance Crises Harming Their Policyholders

Study: Repeat Offenders: How the Insurance Industry Manufactures Crises and Harms America

New York Law School Announces Partnership with the Center for Justice and Democracy

White Paper: Repeating a Tragic Blunder: Wisconsin's Drug and Device Immunity Bill

National Consumer Group Releases Study Critiquing Wisconsin Drug Immunity Bill

White Paper: Headline Blues: Civil Justice In The Age of New Media

National Consumer Group Releases New Study Critiquing Media’s Coverage Of The Civil Justice System

White Paper: What You Need To Know About... Punitive Damages

Consumer Group Releases New White Paper Debunking Common Myths About Punitive Damages

White Paper: What You Need to Know About... Punitive Damages

Fact Sheet: Insurance Industry Executive Compensation

White Paper: Medical Malpractice in Sweden and New Zealand: Should Their Systems Be Replicated Here?

FAQ About The McDonald’s Coffee Case And The Use Of Fabricated Anecdotes

Fact Sheet: "Caps" Do Not Lower Insurance Premiums for Doctors (and Insurance Insiders Admit It)

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

New Consumer Group Study Finds $213 Million Could Be Saved by Capping Hospital Executive Salaries (March 22, 2011)

Brain-Damaged Child Mom's Trial Testimony (March 17, 2011)

Governor's Budget Proposal - The War on Women and Children

Medical Malpractice Survivors Urge Union To Condemn Proposals That Limit New York Patients’ Legal Rights

Ethics Complaint Against MRT

Medical Malpractice Survivors Condemn Proposal To Limit New York Patient's Legal Rights (March 4, 2011)

Medical Malpractice Survivors Condemn Proposals To Limit New York Patients’ Legal Rights

CJ&D Files Additional Freedom of Information Requests About Hospital Self-Dealing on Medicaid Redesign Team (February 23, 2011)

Excerpts From New Article From Physician/ Clinical Professor At Columbia, Critiquing Existence Of “Defensive Medicine"

Critique by Physician/Clinical Professor at Columbia of AAOS Survey on "Defensive Medicine"

Grave Problems with Brain-Damaged Baby Fund Proposal

Chronology of Medical Malpractice in New York State

Analysis of The Two Most Troublesome Medical Malpractice Provisions in Budget Bill

Consumer and Patient Safety Letter to House Judiciary Committee

Please Oppose Medical Malpractice "Caps"

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (January 2011)

Statement On The State Of The Union Section On Medical Malpractice

Statement On House Medical Malpractice Bill

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on the Judiciary

Statement On BP Commission Report

Letters to State AG's Regarding BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: Call for the Release of Documents

Study: Calling Their Bluff; Fraud and "Defensive Medicine"

Fact Sheet: Women and Medical Malpractice

Fact Sheet:The Problem of Bad Doctors

A Medical Industrial Complex That Lies

Letters to State AG's Regarding BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: Call for Investigation of Conflicts of Interest

Statement from Joanne Doroshow on ATRA's "Judicial Hellhole" Report

Consumer and Patient Groups Criticize Deficit Reduction Medical Malpractice Proposals

White Paper: AMERICA’S WORST TOP MODEL; ALEC’s Model Civil Justice Legislation

Liability and the Health Care Bill: An "Alternative" Perspective Published by The Circuit, California Law Review

Analysis of HHS Patient Safety and Medical Liability Initiative Demonstration Grant Proposal for New York State

Study: BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK: Washington’s State-Run Workers Compensation System

Snapshot of Justice: Asbestos Cases are Not Overwhelming Our Courts

Snapshot of Justice: Jury Verdicts - Consistent and Conservative

Letter: Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Repeal "Graves Amendment" on Rental Car Liability

Letter to Senate: National and State Groups Urge Congress to Lift Liability Cap for BP Oil Spill

Letter to Senate: National and State Groups Urge Congress to Lift Liability Cap for BP Oil Spill

Groups Call On Congress To Lift Liability Cap For BP Oil Spill

White Paper: Legal Abandon – How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To Do About It

Consumer Group Releases New White Paper On How Lawsuit Limits Helped Cause The Financial Collapse

Towers Perrin: "Grade F" For Fantastically Inflated "Tort Cost" Report

Fact Sheet: Wyeth v. Levine - Key Findings

Letter to New York State Governor and Legislature About Outrageous Salaries for New York City Hospital Executives

Virginia Patients Injured by Medical Malpractice Ask Senate to Protect Patients' Rights in Health Care Bill Decry Attacks by Rep. Eric Cantor and Others: News Release (November 20, 2009)

Letter from Consumer Groups to Speaker Pelosi

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice In the Republican Health Care “Substitute”: Outrageous, Pointless and Cruel

Certificates of Merit and Medical Malpractice: What's at Stake for States

White Paper: Corporate Lawbreaking and Civil Justice: The Last Line of Defense

Medical Malpractice Survivors Travel to Washington, DC, October 2009

Fact Sheet: CJ&D's Critique of CBO's Medical Malpractice Letter

Fact Sheets on Medical Malpractice Alternatives

Consumer Group Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Medical Malpractice in the Health Care Bill

Study: True Risk: Medical Liability, Malpractice Insurance and Health Care

Letter on Medical Malpractice Alteratives from Consumer Groups

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards - The Wrong Cure for Health Care

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (July 2009)

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (June 2009)

Medical Malpractice Survivors Decry Possible Stripping Of Rights In President’s Health Care Plan

Letter to President Obama: Chrysler Bankruptcy

Statement On Chrysler Bankruptcy

Chrysler/GM Bankruptcies

Study: HEART SICK - Hazardous Heart Devices and the Importance of Litigation

New Report Released On Defective Heart Devices And Implants

Letters to Congress from Women's Health Groups Supporting Bill to Reverse Riegel v Medtronic

Letter to the Senate from Women's Health Groups - Supporting Bill to Reverse Riegel v. Medtronic

Letter to the House from Women's Health Groups - Supporting Bill to Reverse Riegel v. Medtronic

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before Connecticut Public Health Committee on No-Fault Medical Malpractice

White Paper: Bad Inheritance; A Look at Bush's Civil Justice Legacy Through the Supreme Court's Current Term

The PopTort Picked As One Of The Aba Journal’s Top 100 Legal Blogs!!!

New Report Shows How Drug Industry Immunity Would Endanger Women; U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Major Case Soon

Study: THE BITTEREST PILL – How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women and How Lawsuits Save Their Lives

White Paper: Kids N' Safe Play: Regulation, Litigation and Playground Safety

New Consumer Report on Playground Safety Takes Aim at Views of Corporate Groups

Fact Sheets: Race and Civil Justice

New Publication by Center for Justice & Democracy Says "Tort Reforms" Are Racially Discriminatory

Fact Sheet: Race & Environmental Justice

Fact Sheet: Race & Hate Crimes

Fact Sheet: Race & Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Race & Compensation Caps

Fact Sheet: Race & Medical Malpractice

White Paper: The Racial Implications of Tort Reform

Consumer Group Letter to NYS Superintendent of Insurance

Letter to Mattel from Parents Re: Toys with Lead

Letter on Today Show Blasting Commentary on Health Care and "Tort Reform"

Consumer Group Condemns U.S. Chamber of Commerce For Again Attacking Struggling Gulf Coast Region; Survey Also Discriminates Based on Race

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Center for Justice & Democracy Releases "State Attorneys General: The People's Champion"

Consumer and Patient Groups Assail Spitzer Process on Medical Malpractice

Fact Sheet: Highly Regarded Studies Obliterate Common Myths About Medical Malpractice

Study: A Tragic Blunder: Michigan’s Drug Industry Immunity Law

Michigan's Harmful Drug Industry Immunity - New Report from the Center for Justice & Democracy

Snapshot of Justice: Public Rejects Extreme "Tort Reform" Agenda

Letter: Indemnity Fund (December 26, 2007)

Fact Sheet: Facts About Emergency Room Malpractice

Fact Sheet: ER Victim Stories

Consumer Group Condemns Biased New Jersey Corporate Survey

Letter: "Hellholes" Fanmail from CJ&D to the American Tort Reform Assn.

Consumer Group Condemns Bogus “Hellhole” Report As Dishonest And Unfair

Letter: Solutions (December17, 2007)

Study: Report of J. Robert Hunter on New York State Medical Malpractice Insurance Situtation (December 17, 2007)

Fact Sheet: Celebrities and Medical Malpractice

Civil Justice System Protecting Our Environmental Health: New Report From The Center For Justice & Democracy

Testimony of Jason Held Before the IL House Aging Committee on November 26, 2007: "Protecting Illinois Seniors-Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect"

Consumer Group and Malpractice Survivors Applaud Court Decision Finding Medical Malpractice Caps Unconstitutional

Letter: Tort System (November 7, 2007)

Fact Sheet: Industry Insiders Admit – Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Fact Sheet: Far From Being “Broken,” The Current Medical Malpractice System Works Well

Fact Sheet: What is CURE-NY?

Letter: Medical Errors (October 18, 2007)

Study: How the Civil Justice System Protects Environmental Health

Study: Deadly Trade: Construction Safety in Illinois Since Repeal of the Structural Work Act

Letter: Access to Health Care (October 4, 2007)

New Report Reveals Construction Work Dangers in Illinois

Study: Why Health Courts are Unconstitutional

Letter: Insurance Issues (September 17, 2007)

Consumer Group Supports Constitutional Challenge To Unjust Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps

White Paper: Corporate Empowerment and the Decline of Public Safety

Enron Victims and Groups Ask President Bush to Support Enron Victims in Court Case

News Release: Groups React to NYS Insurance Department Med Mal Rate Hike

Groups React to NYS Insurance Department Med Mal Rate Hike

Fact Sheet: Insurance Regulation is the Answer!

Fact Sheet: ACOG is Wrong - Obstetrical Services Are Widely Available in New York

New Data Confirms That Doctors Were Price-Gouged By the Insurance Industry During this Decade

Consumer Group Calls On D.C. “Tort Reform” Group To Comply With State Campaign Financing Law

Snapshot of Justice: The Truth About Class Action Lawsuits

Fact Sheet: Environmental Tort Lawsuits: Holding Polluters Accountable

Fact Sheet: Anyone Concerned About The Environment Should Actively Oppose "Tort Reform" Legislation

Snapshot of Justice: The Failure of Workers' Compensation

Snapshot of Justice: Debunking Myths About Tort System Costs

Fact Sheet: "Tort Reforms" Let Criminals Off The Hook

Snapshot of Justice: Lawsuits and the Economy

CJ&D Co-releases CFA Report: Dramatic Increase in Insurance Industry Profits

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Consumer Group Condemns Vicious Report Attacking Judges Across America

Insurance Industry Profits At Record Highs in All Sectors - New Report Confirms Auto Insurers Experiencing

Fact Sheet: Warning Labels Save Lives

Consumer Group and Medical Malpractice Survivors Call for Repeal of Caps in Light of New Information

Insurer cuts doctors' premiums due to insurance law changes, not "cap" on damages, state officials say

Consumer Group Condemns Corporate Front Groups’ Deceptive Ad Campaign

Workers' Compensation -- A Cautionary Tale

Consumer and Public Heath Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Food Industry Immunity Bill

Ryan Scandal Highlights Importance of Civil Justice System

Consumer Groups and Medical Malpractice Survivors Join Together to Call for Repeal of Caps in Illinois

The Secret Chamber - The Inner Workings of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Hijacking of an Election

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (July 2006)

New Report Uncovers Stealth Strategy by U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Influence Elections

Fact Sheet: The "Tort Tax" Scam

Letter: Medical Malpractice Survivors Against “Health Courts”

Consumer Groups And Medical Malpractice Survivors Form United Front Against “Health Courts”

Southern Illinois Medical Malpractice Survivors Demand Meeting with Justice McGlynn

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - Kansas

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - New York

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - Missouri

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - Georgia

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - Connecticut

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - California

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - National

Letter: Consumer Group Letter Opposing Federal Asbestos Legislation

Fact Sheet: New England Journal of Medicine: The Legal System Works!

Consumer Group Condemns Attack On Judges And Juries By Corporate Front Group

Fact Sheet: New England Journal of Medicine: Litigation Against Hospitals Improves Patient Safety

Center for Justice & Democracy Applauds Senate Defeat of Medical Malpractice Legislation

National Chamber of Commerce Group to Release Deceptive and Misleading Attack on Florida Business Climate (2006)

Consumer Group Condemns U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Attacking States in Hurricane Ravaged Gulf Coast Region

U.S. Chamber Releases Deceptive Attacks on Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia & Florida

New Report Confirms: Medical Malpractice Insurance "Crisis" Over

South Florida - "HellHole" Fiction

New Legal Package a Boon to Special Interests

President Again Chooses Death Over Life- CJ&D Response to the State of the Union Regarding Medical Malpractice and Unsafe Drugs

Statement of Consumer Advocate on Philip Morris

Consumer Group Condemns Corporate Front Group for Attacking Judges and Juries

Consumer Group Letter Opposing Vaccine Legislation

New Study Shows Falling Claims and Rising Premiums for Physicians Insurance

Study: An Analysis of the Claims Payments and Performance of Physicians Insurance a Mutual Company

Statement of the Center for Justice & Democracy in Response to October 26, 2005 Statement of the American Academy of Actuaries"

Consumer Group Letter Opposing Congressional Lawsuit Bills

Consumer Group Calls Bush a "Lawsuit Hypocrite"

Consumer Group Demands Repeal of Medical Malpractice Cap Says ISMIE’s Rate Increase Request Proves Fallacies About Caps

White Paper: Mandatory Binding Arbitration: Civil Injustice By Corporate America

Malpractice Survivors Decry Governor's Action

Statement from The Center for Justice and Democracy on Gun Immunity Legislation

Wisconsin High Court Strikes Down Malpractice Compensation Cap: Decisions Raises Important Issues for Illinois Law

New Study Leads Attorneys General to Proclaim “No Excuse” and “A Matter of Life and Death”

Study: Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry

EPI Story Confirms Data Used to Support "Tort Reform" Unfounded

Malpractice Survivors Urge Lawmakers to Protect Patient Safety and Oppose "Caps" Bill

Medical Malpractice Caps are Racially Discriminatory, New Report Says

Medical Malpractice Survivors Once Again Request Meeting with President Bush

New Report Finds Health Industry Tribunals to be Horrific Option for Most Patients

Fact Sheet: List of "Tort Reform" Laws for Hospitals and Doctors that are Already on the Books

AIG Chairman Forced Out After Evidence Company Manipulated Reserves - Same Practice Used by Med Mal Insurers

Testimony of Amber Hard Before the IL Senate Judiciary Committee

Center for Justice & Democracy Applauds New Study Finding No Medical Malpractice Litigation "Crisis"

National Consumer Group Blasts U.S. Chamber's "Report" on Business/Litigation Climate

What's Happened to the Chamber of Commerce?

National Consumer Group Applauds Washington Insurance Commissioner For Refunding Premiums to Doctors

Insurance Industry Exposed: New York Times Sets Record Straight on Root of Malpractice Insurance Increases

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Small Business

Medical Malpractice Victims Demand Review of Insurance Companies

White Paper: Chamber of Horrors (The Influence of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the Outcome of the 2004 Elections)

Patients Losing Patience: Medical Malpractice and Drug Victims Travel to D.C. to Fight Legislation, Demand Meeting with Bush

Malpractice Victims Denounce Insurer’s Plan to Take Away Victims’ Rights- Demand that Insurance Companies Open Their Books

Disgusted Over Bush's Dismissal of Patients' Needs, Injured Ohio Patient Demands Meeting - Again

Consumer Group Demands AMA to Denounce Doctors Lobbying Patients

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

Warning Labels Save Lives

Illinois Medical Malpractice Survivors Demand Meeting with President Bush

Center for Justice & Democracy Statement: Bush Chooses Death Over Life at Economic Summit

Statement of the Center for Justice & Democracy on ATRA's So-Called "Judicial Hellholes"

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

Top 10 Zany Immunity Law Awards, 2004

Journalists and Watchdog Groups Denounce Business Lobbyists For Creating "Newspaper" to Push Anti-Justice Agenda

Consumer Group and Doctor Team Up to Demand Release of Insurance Data

Recent Political Ads Contain Major Falsehoods About Doctor/Hospital Availability Due to Malpractice

Consumer Group Condemns Votes in Congress Today Taking Away Consumer Rights

Statement of Joanne Doroshow before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Hearing on Small Business Litigation Reform

Prominent Scholars Join Forces to Counter Civil Justice Critics

White Paper: Small Business and “Tort Reform”: Much Ado About Nothing

Families and Victims of Medical Malpractice Request Urgent Meeting with George W. Bush

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

In Memoriam: Ian Malone

Medical Malpractice Story: Ian Malone

“No One Likes a Hypocrite," Consumer Group Tells Docs

Statement by Joanne Doroshow before the Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus

“Tort Reform” and Racial Prejudice: A Troublesome Connection

Study: “Tort Reform” and Racial Prejudice: A Troublesome Connection

Families and Victims of Medical Malpractice During Birth Call on Senate to Reject Medical Malpractice Bill

Victims of Obstetrical Malpractice Travel to Washington DC - See their stories

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

Consumer Groups and Victims Protest Effort by Richest Doctors in America to Take Away Patients' Rights

Bush Speech in Arkansas on Medical Malpractice

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

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the Boston Bar Association

Skyrocketing Premiums and Decreasing Claims Produce Huge Profits for Insurer AIG

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

Broad Based Environmental and Citizen Coalition Opposes Unprecedented Bailout for Drinking Water Polluters

Hypocrites of "Tort Reform": Doctors and Organized Medicine

White Paper: Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”: Doctors and Organized Medicine

GAO Findings Consistent with Earlier Investigations: No Crisis

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

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

Consumer Group Calls on American Medical Association to Stop Doctors' Use of Anti-Patient Arbitration

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

White Paper: Where's the Crisis? Has America Been Duped by the AMA?

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

Seven Medical Malpractice Victims Travel to Washington DC to Ask American Medical Association to End Campaign to Limit Patients' Legal Rights

Stable Losses/Unstable Rates State Report: Illinois

White Paper: The Money Vultures

Consumer Groups and Malpractice Survivors Launch National Bus Tour Protesting President Bush's Call For Malpractice Limits

Consumer Groups Denounce Bush Decision to Keep Media from Appearance at Hospital with Malpractice Record

Letter to Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes

CJ&D Responds to 60 Minutes’ Morley Safer Segment

Consumer Advocates Condemn Senate Homeland Vote Placing Corporate Special Interests Above the Public’s Interest

Letter to Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes

CJ&D Responds to 60 Minutes’ Andy Rooney Commentary

Statement by Joanne Doroshow before the Florida Governor's Select Task Force on Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance

Center For Justice & Democracy Calls On President Bush To Focus On The Real Reasons Why Insurance Costs Are Skyrocketing

National Consumer Groups Applaud Congress‚ Call for Major Investigation of Insurance Industry

Flawed Jury Data Masks Trends

AMA Issues Bogus Report; Blatantly Ignores Insurance Industry’s Sole Responsibility for Causing Premium Crisis for Doctors

Statement of Joanne Doroshow before the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law

California Restrictions on Malpractice Victims Have Not Affected Malpractice Premiums

The High-Tech Hypocrites of "Tort Reform"

White Paper: Not in My Backyard II: The High-Tech Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”

White Paper: Shakedown: How the Insurance Industry Exploits a Nation in Times of Crisis

Shakedown: How the Insurance Industry Exploits a Nation in Times of Crisis

Center For Justice & Democracy Response to AIA Attack on "Premium Deceit"

Insurance Industry Admits: Don’t Expect “Tort Reform” To Reduce Insurance Rates

No cut in insurance prices due to "tort reform"

Groundbreaking report forces business lobbyists to admit publicly that "tort reform" won't reduce insurance rates

Study: Premium Deceit: The Failure of "Tort Reform" to Cut Insurance Prices

“Tort Reform,” Bush and the Enron Connection

Study Shows That Warning Labels Save Lives

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

Restoring Shattered Lives: A Primer on War, Terrorism and the U.S. Civil Justice System

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

Study Disputes “Tort Reform’s” Importance to Small Businesses and to Overall Economy

Supreme Court Rules in Punitive Damages Case- Easier for Appellate Courts to Overturn Damages

White Paper: Survey Says ... “Tort Reform” Not a Priority for Businesses

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

Bush and HMOs: Myth vs. Reality

Center for Justice & Democracy fights "tort reform"

White Paper: Reading Between the Headlines: The Media and Jury Verdicts

White Paper: Not in My Backyard: The Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”

Fact Sheet: The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine

Great news from the Center for Justice & Democracy

Mississippi federal court rebukes Chamber on advertising

Stop the U.S. Chamber of Commerce advertising blitz

The CALA Files: The Secret Campaign by Big Tobacco and Other Major Industries to Take Away Your Rights

New report uncovers campaign by Big Tobacco and other industries to restrict legal rights

Groundbreaking Report Forces Business Lobbyists To Admit Publicly That "Tort Reform" Won't Reduce Insurance Rates

No cut in insurance prices due to "tort reform"

Impact: Focus on Servicemembers (Summer 2016)

Impact: Focus on Housing (Winter 2016)

Impact: Focus on Immigrants and Civil Justice (Fall 2015)

Impact: Focus on Infectious Diseases (Summer 2015)

Impact: Focus on Online Privacy (Spring 2015)

Impact: Focus on CFPB (Fall/Winter 2014)

Impact: Focus on General Motors (Summer 2014)

Impact: Focus on Federal Rules (Spring 2014)

Impact: Focus on Obamacare (Winter 2013)

Impact: Focus on Air Travel (Fall 2013)

Impact: Focus on ALEC (Summer 2013)

Impact: Focus on Sports (Spring 2013)

Impact: Focus on Hot Topics (Winter 2012/13)

Impact: Focus on 9/11's Aftermath (Fall 2012)

Impact: Focus on Women (Summer 2012)

Impact: Focus on Abuse (Winter, 2012)

Impact: Focus on Civil Justice and Budget Deficits (Fall 2011)

Impact: Focus on Elections 2010 (Winter, 2011)

Impact: Focus on Punitive Damages (Summer, 2011)

Impact: Focus on Medical Malpractice (Spring, 2011)

Impact: Focus on Compensation Funds (Fall 2010)

Impact: Focus on Auto Safety (Spring/Summer 2010)

Impact: Focus on A Civil Justice Decade (Winter 2009/10)

Impact: Focus on Mandatory Binding Arbitration (Spring 2009)

Impact: Focus on Civil Juries (Fall 2009)

Impact: Focus on Health Courts (Summer 2009)

Impact: Illinois Focus, Spring 2008

Impact: Focus on State Attorneys General (Winter/Spring 2008)

Impact: Focus on New Immunities (Spring/Summer 2008)

Impact: Focus on Children's Products (Summer/Fall 2008)

Impact: Focus on Civil Justice and the Bush Years (Fall/Winter 2008)

Impact: Focus on the Tort System By the Numbers (Winter 2006-2007)

Impact: lllinois Focus, Fall 2007

Impact: Illinois, Spring 2007

Impact: Focus on the Tort System By the Numbers (Winter 2007)

Impact: Focus on State Consumer Groups (Spring 2007)

Impact: Focus on Stoneridge, Enron and the Supreme Court (Summer 2007)

Impact: Focus on Regulatory Breakdown (Fall 2007)

Impact: Illinois, Winter 2006

Impact: Illinois, Fall 2006

Impact: Focus on Federal Agencies (Winter 2006)

Impact: Focus on Katrina and Insurance (Spring 2006)

Impact: Focus on Indebted Politicians (Summer 2006)

Impact: Focus on Food Safety (Fall 2006)

Impact: Illinois, Fall 2005

Impact: Focus on Drug Companies (Spring 2005)

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Impact: Focus on Recent Constitutional Developments (Fall 2005)

Impact: Focus on Anecdotes (Spring 2004)

Impact: Focus on War & the Civil Justice System (Summer 2004)

Impact: Focus on Medical Injuries (Fall 2004)

Impact: Focus on Election 2004 (Winter 2004-5)

Impact: Focus on Guns (Spring/Summer 2003)

Impact: Focus on Insurance (Fall 2003)

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Impact: Focus on Auto Insurance (Spring 2002)

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Impact: Focus on Workers (Fall 2002)

Impact: Focus on Conservatives (Winter 2002)

Impact: Focus on Medical Malpractice (Winter 2000/2001)

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How Brian Kemp’s proposed legal overhaul could affect your health care

Unpaid insurance claim suits disputed as reason for rate hikes

Kemp unveils tort reform to curb lawsuits, lower insurance costs

Georgia governor vows tort reform legislation will reduce insurance costs

Georgia Republicans push to limit lawsuits. But would that keep insurance rates from rising?

Focus group: We support tort reform, whatever that means

House committee presenter says universities push students into ‘accepting progressive views’

After reforming Texas Medical Board, newly-elected member of Congress eyes health care transparency

Forever Chemicals Are Poisoning Your Insurance

A Corporate Poisoner Two-Steps Out Of Its Toxic Liability

Insurers Are Covering Litigation Funders. Will It Catch On?

Premiums Are Rising, and Insurers Say Lawsuits Are to Blame

Joanne Doroshow, New York Law School on Colorado's punitive caps for victims on damages for pain and suffering

Colorado cap on monetary damages not unconstitutional, appeals court rules

Florida leaders blame insurance crisis on lawsuits, but evidence is thin; Fighting lawsuits was Florida’s response to the insurance crisis, but evidence hasn’t materialized.

'They're Just Killing Us'

Disasters, Inflation Hardening A Still Flush Insurance Market

Policyholders Are Not To Blame For Social Inflation

‘A long time’ before Congress takes up medical error transparency

Winsted tort museum has new director

NY Victims' Families Bill Could Cause Insurance Cost Spike

Biden Signs Law Banning Forced Arbitration — But Only Over Sexual Misconduct

Insurance Companies – Heels or Heroes?

Laws Shield Hospitals From Families Who Believe Loved Ones Contracted Covid as Patients

Letter criticizing Scaffold Law misstates legislation’s intent

Data dive: A divided nation on damages caps

Celine McNicholas and Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration, Kate Bronfrenbrenner on NLRB

Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee chairwoman reaps big harvest of campaign contributions from insurance industry

New state malpractice law, born in crisis, now drawing pushback

Can you sue for getting coronavirus at reopened business? This fight may kill new stimulus checks

Corporations and consumer groups battle over COVID-19 liability; Few lawsuits filed so far

Covid Pits Nursing Homes Against Seniors’ Groups Over Liability

U.S. consumer groups urge lawmakers against shielding businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits

It’s time for employee and consumer advocates to speak up for COVID-19 accountability

It’s time for employee and consumer advocates to speak up for COVID-19 accountability

Episode 107: Pop Torts and the Ready-Made Virality of ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Stories

Group charges insurance sector with creating fake crisis

Jury remains out on social inflation as rates rise after years of decreases

Insurers Drive Up Prices for U.S. Businesses

Terminally ill Green Beret wins victory in battle to file claim against military for alleged malpractice

Anti-lawsuit group again calls Louisiana a 'judicial hellhole'

Louisiana labeled ‘Judicial Hellhole’ for 7th year

Litigation Shouldn’t Be Necessary - But It Is, and Our Founders Knew It

Tort Law Education Day celebrated in Winsted

A Tennessee law limiting how much money victims can receive was rejected in Williamson court, here's what's next

Kansas patients can finally win big in doctor malpractice suits. But at what cost?

Baltimore jury's record $229 million malpractice verdict may change a life — but likely not the system

Industry News Briefs

No accountability: How the civil justice system fails black Americans killed by police

Dark money and bullying tactics at the state Capitol

U.S. Chamber Warns That Cities Are Litigating Too Much

Congressmember Waters Reintroduces Bill to Give Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges their Day in Court

Sen. Brown introduces bill to allow consumers to file class-action suits against financial companies

Agency Deference May Snag 9th Circ. Meal, Rest Break Row

Political Horizons: Louisiana's 'tort reform' talk has shaky foundations

California tops business group's latest 'Judicial Hellholes' report

Are Floridians Wasting Billions on Litigation? A New Report Says Yes

Texas leads in penalized nursing homes

Gross Hospital Negligence Does Not Exempt Celebrities

Mayo Clinic joins group to launch generic drug manufacturer

Chamber of Commerce Ranked #2 on Top-30 Tort Reform Hypocrites List

Litigious Tort Reformers Called Out for ‘Hypocrisy’

Center For Justice & Democracy Ranks the Top 30 “Tort Reform” Hypocrites Of 2018!

‘An Employer Can Unilaterally Force Employees Into Secret Arbitration Systems’

Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration Ruling

$47M verdict against Conemaugh, doctor likely will be reduced, experts say

From Opioids to Guns: Cities, Counties Step Up Civil Suits

In Bronx, Obstetricians May Find Work Inspiring, and Careers Hindered

Tear down N.Y.’s ‘Scaffold Law’ to rebuild infrastructure, group says. Not so fast, a law clinic replies.

Medical Malpractice Reform: A Fix for a Problem Long out of Fashion

Forced Arbitration’s Lethal Consequence

The Equifax Hack Conundrum

Donald Trump sides with nursing homes that want to limit residents' right to sue

GOP capitalizes on Trump admin to push legal reform bills

Business-Friendly Litigation Overhaul Stalls in Senate

We Won’t See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning

Bill to cap medical malpractice awards likely to fail, critics say

House Republicans pass tort bill by slim margin

This GOP Health Bill Proposes New Limits To Medical Malpractice Awards

House Seeks To Cap Malpractice Awards As Part Of Health Care Update

Big Pharma Worms Its Way Into Congress’ Medical Malpractice Bill

The Conservative Case Against the House Medical Malpractice Bill

Despite Trump, Federal ‘Tort Reform’ Makes a Hasty Retreat

A Voice Against Tort "Reform"

GOP eyes medical tort reform

The Healing Touch

Congress Needs To End Its War With The Civil Justice System

Advocates praise asbestos trust bill; critics decry ‘double-dipping’ claim

Should hospitals — and doctors — apologize for medical mistakes?

House Passes Bill Targeting ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuits

House GOP quietly advances key elements of tort reform

Trump Seen as Supportive of Business-Backed Litigation Bills

Lawmakers seek to cap damages in medical malpractice cases

Push to Enact Civil Justice Bills Follows Industry Playbook

Trump to Weigh Litigation Changes Long Coveted by Business

Congress Moves to Punish Everyone Using the Affordable Care Act and Medicare

Questions about EPA-Monsanto collusion raised in cancer lawsuits

State of the State: Gov. Eric Greitens loud about legislative priorities, quiet on budget

Medical Malpractice And The Mind-Blowing Hypocrisy Of Obamacare Repeal

From Police Shootings to Playground Injuries, Lawsuits Drain Cities' Budgets

FTC May Make it Easier for Used Car Dealers to Sell Recalled Cars

When the Insurance Industry Covets Our Rights

Texas insurance commissioner could set dangerous precedent

Airbnb and Discrimination: Why It’s All So Confusing

#AirbnbWhileBlack: When Discrimination and the Gig Economy Intersect

Airbnb Vows to Fight Racism, but Its Users Can’t Sue to Prompt Fairness

Forced Arbitrations Finally Under Fire

Fine print finagle: Away with ‘mandatory arbitration’ in contracts

The Funny Thing About Forced Arbitration and the CFPB

An effort to erase some consumer contracts' fine print

Customers Could File Class Action Lawsuits Against Banks Under Proposed Rule

The U.S. Chamber’s Defective Litigation Machine

Tort Reform Harms Victims of Sexual Assault

GOP panel delays tort reform bill after conservative backlash

Judiciary Committee Forced To Halt Tort Reform Bill

Apple tries to take another bite out of health care

Suing for Justice: Your lawsuits are good for America

CJ&D Releases New Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice By The Numbers

Regulators circle VW, as Kenneth Feinberg stakes out his newest challenge

Bill Could Wipe Out Class Actions

Republicans Are Pushing a Bill That Could Make It Much Harder to Sue Volkswagen

A Bailout for Volkswagen? Congress Wants to Do Something Absolutely Crazy

Amtrak faces $95 million hit as Congress celebrates new highway bill

Who is behind the ‘grassroots’ campaign against trial lawyer ads?

Harmful Legal Reform Is Not an Ethics Solution

Big Biz Using Arbitration to Stack Deck, Bypass Court System?

Women’s Show on Freedom 11/12

Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration

Groups urge Cybersecurity Caucus to oppose asbestos trust bill

It's Time to End Dirty Back Rooms of Injustice

Letter to the Editor: Forcing Consumers Into Arbitration

News In Depth

Suits vs. Armor raise questions about firm's medical care of incarcerated

Tennessee doctors prep for political issues with nurses, insurers and lawyers

When a Corporation Is 'Too Big to Care' About Breaking the Law

Letter to the Editor: Resolution Systems May Not Help

Amtrak Crash Compensation: Victims Subject To $200 Million Limit On Damages Sought, But Is That Enough Money?

Amtrak Train Crash Victims Face $200 Million Injuries Cap

Federal law caps damages for passenger rail companies at $200 million

Congress Must Raise Amtrak's Liability Cap

Nuclear Workers Deserve Better from Bechtel

Respecting the Seventh Amendment

Tort reform advocates see hope in Republican gains at state level

Malpractice 'Caps' Treat Women, Children and Seniors as Second-Class Citizens

Voters have say in doctor-lawyer battle over malpractice cap

How Tort 'Reform' Ruins Health Care for Everyone

Two New Studies Undermine Right-Wing Media Myths On Class Action Lawsuits

Ebola lawsuits would face high hurdles in Texas

Center for Justice & Democracy Releases New Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice - by the Numbers

Corporate Lawyers Breaking Bad

San Bernardino City Unified spent $1M on legal fees last year, says report

Senator: 'How in the world' did top GM lawyer keep job?

GM sets no cap on recall victim compensation fund

Malpractice insurance business is booming in Wisconsin and nation

Report chides state health agency about doctor oversight

An Asbestos Decision That Disserves Our Vets

A look at the laywer General Motors has hired to help settle claims

Consumer advocacy group 'cautiously optimistic' in Kenneth Feinberg hiring amid GM recall

Crisis handler Kenneth Feinberg hired to guide GM through maze of lawsuits

Victims' families, lawmakers plead with GM, push for accountability

Families, Congress criticize GM on ignition recall

The FDA’s New Proposed Generic Drug Rule

Letter to the Editor: Birth injury fund would let bad doctors off the hook

Patient Safety Takes a Back Seat, Once Again

WSJ Is Convinced Fraudulent Asbestos Claims "Abound," Despite All Evidence To Contrary

Justice Denied: 71 ALEC Bills in 2013 Make it Harder to Hold Corporations Accountable for Causing Injury or Death

Letter: Law helps to protect construction workers

Daily Briefing

Group says Los Angeles county, city under siege from lawsuits

House panel examines ‘Litigation Abuses’

Cookbook Medicine Is a Recipe for Disaster

"Don't Get Old in Wisconsin": nursing home story getting national attention

Healthcare tort reform proposal aims to benefit patients, but many lawyers, doctors oppose

The Slow Death of Justice in California

State AGs and private plaintiffs' firms redux

Wall Street Journal Touts Discredited "Judicial Hellholes" Tort Reform Report

Harsh punishments rare for drug compounding mistakes

The Meningitis Outbreak: Don't Expect Miracles From the FDA

Survey: Many LI hospital visiting policies inflexible, unclear

"We the Plaintiffs": Tort Reform Misinformation, Now In Handy Infographic Form

Husband of Coma Victim Wins Justice Award

Unregulated Medical Devices in America – A Danger Exposed

ALEC laws still a threat to N.J.

The secretive corporate outfit behind ‘Stand Your Ground’

House Republicans vote to limit medical malpractice lawsuits, repeal part of health care law

‘Alarming’ number of lawsuits at Brownsville’s Brookdale University Hospital

NIU Law’s Widman testifies before Congress

Conn. Law Nixing Legitimate Malpractice Lawsuits

PIP Reform Needs Sworn Testimony

Report: Insurers create crises to raise rates

Insurance Companies Ready Push for 'Devastating' Rate Hikes on Businesses

Insurance Claim Delays Deliver Massive Profits To Industry By Shorting Customers

New York Law School Announces Partnership with the Center for Justice and Democracy

Website Helps Compare Health Care Options

Crime and Courts: Consumer rights group takes aim at proposal to shield drug makers

Online Media Mislead Readers About Jury Awards, Report Says

Headlines don't tell full story on big jury awards

Crime and Courts: More 'tort reform' bills coming from the GOP

Consumer Group’s Report Disputes Notion of Runaway Jury Awards

Irene damage: update

Health vs. wealth: Boss of struggling Brooklyn hospital facing closure, gets $4M salary

Tough economy raises outlook for tort reform

Letter to the Editor: A brew-haha

'Hot Coffee': cup of cheer for plaintiffs

Weird warnings in US awarded

GOP Medical Malpractice Bill Draws Bipartisan Fire from State Legislators

State gets a new bill

Med mal caps in N.Y. face constitutional challenges

NY's Cuomo prepared to shut gov't over budget fight

Ethics Questions: State Panel to Examine Conflict Claims

One Person’s ‘Special Interest’ Is Another’s ‘Stakeholder’

Cuomo Medicaid team continues after ethics claim

State's Medicaid Redesign Team Hit With Ethics Complaint

Advocates submit formal ethics complaint against NY Gov. Cuomo's Medicaid team

Cuomo Medicaid Proposals Draws Fresh Fire

Groups protest pain and suffering cap

NY governor woos foes of his school and health cuts

NY Gov. Cuomo has put friends in high places

Panel recommends cap on Medicaid expenses

Pressure Put on Adviser to Cuomo

Tort reform opponents knock 'defensive medicine' argument

White House open to medical liability changes Tort reform backers welcome sentiment, hope for substance

Obama pushes limits to medical malpractice suits

Obama address causes heartburn for tort lawyers

Gulf Coast Claims Facility pays lawyers to offer free legal advice

Parents assail malpractice caps after daughter's death at UCLA hospital

House Committee Takes Up Medical Liability Reform

Contract: BP sets Ken Feinberg's salary, will get oil spill claims documents

Surge of quick payments on oil spill claims concerns lawyers

Group asks for oil spill claims operation contracts to be made public

Pressure on Kenneth Feinberg to disclose BP pay deal

Malpractice lawsuits declining, remain costly

State delays setting workers' comp rates

Report Backs State-Run Comp Over Privatization

Medical liability: By late career, 61% of doctors have been sued

Letter to the Editor: John Stossel's Case Is Flawed

Doctor discipline rate drops, complaints rise; Sharp decline questioned in light of tougher new powers granted state investigators

Appointments of federal watchdogs suggest more tough scrutiny for insurers

History Says Gulf Oil Spill Victims May Have a Long Wait To Be Compensated

Supreme Court nominee's tort reform stance praised

Obama cites GOP ideas as he preps health care plan

Obama demands 'up-or-down' vote on health care

Obama To Outline Tweaked Proposal, Process Wednesday

Intriguing People for March 1, 2010

Bishop Votes With Bipartisan Majority Of House On Health Insurance Fair Competition Act

Malpractice survivors send reform letter to Obama

Reaction split on malpractice ruling

Consumer group says tort cost estimates are ‘highly exaggerated’

Trial Lawyers Sidestep Malpractice Curbs With Blitz in Congress

W.Va. no longer worst 'judicial hellhole'

Letter to the Editor: Not just to please lawyers; patients have rights too

North Hills doctor a believer in medical tort reform

Letter to the Editor

Malpractice proposal misses mark in health debate; Enthusiasm elusive as Obama offers $25 million in grants

Reaction cool to Obama malpractice reforms

Obama Works to Regain Democratic Support for Health-Care Plan

Obama Backs Two New Proposals That May Appeal To Republicans

Chrysler to accept more product liability claims

Chrysler changes course on product liability claims

Health care reform silent on malpractice

Letter to the Editor: Evidence Lacking

Letter to the Editor

LI doctors: Obama should support malpractice award caps

Bankruptcy judge OKs GM sale plan, appeal looms

GM timetable faces a big glitch this week

Letter to the Editor: Malpractice makes imperfect

FTC Urged to Require Warnings on Chryslers

Letter to the Editor: Capping damages will hurt health care system

GM to Allow Some Product Liability Claims

Letter to the Editor

Groups Say 'New' Carmakers Should Pay for Past Injuries

Bankruptcy takes away plaintiffs' day in court

Obama presses doctors to back health care overhaul

Chrysler poised to close sale, exit Chapter 11

Consumer group pans Chrysler deal

'New' Chrysler Shielded from 'Old' Product Liability

GM rescue dumps crash victims

Smithtown family's GM lawsuit hurt by bankruptcy

Consumers Seek Relief as Chrysler Bankruptcy Derails Lawsuits

A Political Message Amid the Movie Trailers

Lawyers cry foul over GM

Wacky warning winner: Stop car when nature calls

Letter to the Editor: Outlawing drug lawsuits would put patients at risk

In wake of high court's 'Wyeth' ruling, legal groups throw support behind Medical Device Safety Act

US grapples with solutions to preventable medical errors

Letter to the Editor: Protecting consumers

Letter to the Editor: Curing Doc's Ills

Letter to the Editor: Hold hurtful drug makers liable

Letter to the Editor: Drug safety needs court involvement

Letter to the Editor: Keep drug companies on hook

Letter to the Editor: Let juries decide damages

Letter to the Editor: Watch out for hazards

Letter to the Editor: People are the David to corporate's Goliath

Letter to the Editor : Physicians' fears overstated

Op-Ed : How to Cool A Meltdown

Letter to the Editor: Dangerous for Consumers

Letter to the Editor: Drug makers and lawsuits

Letter to the Editor: Malpractice caps wipe out protection of consumers

Bills target mandatory arbitration

Tort reform backers win some battles to reduce liability risks

Letter to the Editor: Malpractice injustice

Voices: Malpractice costs

Letter to the Editor: Don't credit caps

Letter to the Editor: Arbitration's asterisk

Letter to the Editor: Tort Abuse Column Full of Fiction

Doctors: Malpractice system hurts

Consumer Report on WYO Playground Safety

Letter to the Editor: Legislate controls on insurance rates

Task Force Became Task Farce

Letter to the Editor: Attorneys general are among consumers' most important advocates

State urged to tighten doctor discipline

Advocacy Group Tours With Tots for Product Safety Bill

Transcript: Lou Dobbs Tonight

Delco mom calls for law to cut lead in toys

Letter to the Editor: Back bill on suing the dead

Report: Attorneys General Deserve More Credit State AGs are consumers' front-line defense

Battle Erupts Over Insurance Plan for MDs

Op/Ed: A Return to Gordon Gekko Justice

Drug Law Prohibits Taking Legal Action: Group is Working Toward Repeal

Letter to the Editor: Flaws in construction safety standards could be fatal

Spitzer to unveil plan to lower malpractice costs

Letter to the Editor: Insurance reform is what can help doctors

Staten Island doctors join rally against insurance rates

Op/Ed: With Malpractice Claims Declining, Insurers Should be Held Accountable

Malpractice Crisis Looms For Area MD

Hellhole Lable Gone

Courts in Metro East lose 'hellhole' label

Illinois Judge Throws Out Med Mal Damages Caps

Patients Were Not Told of Misuse of Syringes

Illinois law shielding doctors is rejected

Letter to the Editor: Bringing Down Maternal Death Rates

Letter to the Editor: Protecting injured Illinois consumers

Supremes to weigh in on vendor liability for fraud

US Solicitor General Files Brief In Stoneridge Case

Sen Banking Committee chairman warns Bush not to oppose SEC in securities case

Enron investors seek ally in court case

Enron plaintiffs ask Bush to back 3rd-party suits

Don't blame victims for problems with malpractice

Letter to the Editor: Dismissing Meritless Cases

Malpractice insurance taking toll on LI docs

Letter to the Editor: Contingency Fees Help Protect Public Interest

Hike in NY medical malpractice insurance rates approved

Letter to the Editor: Bork is not the first tort-reform hypocrite

Shays backs medical malpractice reform

Watchdog On a Leash

Bill would expand suit damages for grief and mental anguish

Letter to the Editor: Stricter Insurance Regulation Is Needed

Letter to the Editor: There’s No Such Thing as a Reasonable, One-Size-Fits-All Cap

Consumer Groups Say Market Forces, Not Claims, Caused Med Mal Crisis

New study in Illinois malpractice debate

Workers' comp bill package offers fixes to broken system

Illinois bill would finance judicial campaigns

Keep People Out of Wash, Label Warns

Letter to the Editor: Eli Lilly and the Dangers of a Drug

W.Va. Burns as 'Judicial Hellhole'

Madison, St. Clair courts remain on 'hellhole' list

Op/Ed: Failures of the FDA

Op/Ed: Senator Lott Learns The Importance of Suing

Letter to the Editor: Caps aren't the answer

State's Malpractice Law Challenged

Op/Ed: 2006 Election Analysis: Americans Do Not Support Restricting Their Own Rights

Op/Ed: It’s The Insurance Industry, Stupid

Letter to the Editor: Repeal Med Mal Law

Op/Ed: Fine editorial on Center for Justice insurance idea

Malpractice insurance rates dropping

Minor insurer is cutting malpractice rates for doctors

Behind those ads

Workers' comp fixes win praise

Workers comp rates not a big problem

Many question Illinois' medical malpractice reform bill

Homeowners decked by Katrina still wait for insurers to pay up

Critics of med mal urge repeal of caps

Op/Ed: End private involvement

Report finds workers' comp benefits sliding

Report slams Georgia laws on workers' comp

Consumers Decry Bill Blocking Suits Over False Food Ads

Op/Ed: Class actions can heal

Op/Ed: Ground Zero workers need our support

Victims of malpractice recognize legislation

Letter to the Editor: In defense of courts

‘Health Courts’ Proposed to Fix Civil Malpractice System

Health Courts? No Thanks, Say Trial Lawyers

Analysis: Beyond medical tort caps

House Bill Provision May Help Insurers Recover Medical Costs

Op/Ed: Legislative Malpractice

Bill revives tort reform debate

Two New Med-Mal Cap Bills On the Way

Big money threatens court

Targeted HCLA ads push medical-liability reform

Patients asked to sign vow: no 'frivolous' suit

Chamber poll ranks state’s tort system the most unfair

Missouri applauded for tort reform; reports says Illinois lags

Corporate Lawyers Rank State Average

Companies like Missouri's tort reforms

Letter to the Editor: Reform lowers rates

Wisconsin legal climate headed 'wrong way,' business group warns

Malpractice awards; New cap deserves approval

Op/Ed: Regulating Consumers, Aiding Industry

Let Jurors Decide Awards for Pain

Letter to the Editor: No to health courts

Op/Ed: Good policy: Reject claims of insurers

Op/Ed: Mining Deaths A Wake-Up Call to Preserve Civil Justice System

Letter to the Editor: Not getting the picture

Doctors copy Big Tobacco tactics in tort-reform fight

Insurers to seek rate hikes

High-Profile lawsuits dip in Madison County

Letter to the Editor: Consider the source

Immunizing the drug-makers

Court voids $10.1 billion verdict; Orders 'light' cigarette case dismissed

Will Congress Give Vaccine Makers a Shot in the Arm?

Congress Ponders Liability Protection for Vaccine Makers

Backers of avian flu plan hoping to ride on Defense bill

Letter to the Editor: No immunity for drugmakers

Op/Ed: The case against caps

Vanity Fare: Costly in-flight radio program has appeal, just not to marketers

Insurer defends malpractice rates

Malpractice; A complex issue, but 'yes' to caps

Op/Ed: North Country story shows power of right to sue

For Frist, a political fortune may be inextricably linked to a financial one

TV ad campaign targets personal-injury lawyers

Letter to the Editor: Katrina's victims should sue insurers

Once again, Insurance industry looks to hang clients out to dry

Op/Ed: Other Voices: Malpractice bill is a bad idea

Chamber pushes for more reforms: Consumer group questions motives

Malpractice bill brings mixed reaction

Malpractice bill becomes law Blagojevich signs it; reforms draw critics

Victims and trial lawyers would have preferred veto

Governor signs med mal bill

Malpractice victims blast new law

Blagojevich OKs law on malpractice

Medical malpractice rates continue climb

Legal Urban Legends Hold Sway; Tall tales of outrageous jury awards have helped bolster business-led campaigns to overhaul the civil justice system

Senate approves gun manufacturer liability immunity

Malpractice myths

The ABCs of tort reform

Congress misdiagnoses the malpractice crisis

Study: Doctors gouged by insurance premiums

Gouging doctors on insurance

Put Ohio insurers back in spotlight

Blumenthal calls for malpractice reform: Insurance greed blamed for doctors' exits

News study hits insurers over med mal rates, claims paid

Study contends insurers gouging; Malpractice claims versus premiums; But industry says report is flawed

Study claims malpractice rates, not payouts, rising

New study says malpractice insurers’ claims false

Study says malpractice payouts aren't rising

Tort reform waiting for governor's OK

Milberg allies see political agenda in prosecution

Health courts could solve malpractice

Med-mal bill not seen as a panacea

Major battle brewing over state AG hiring outside trial lawyers

Opponents say anti-lawsuit movement favors industry, distorts facts

Medical bill advances

Doctors win on lawsuit cap deal but still face bitter medicine

Advocates took fight over med-mal reform to the streets

Middle ground sought on malpractice; Legislators near deadline for action

Group protests malpractice caps; Cancer survivor says the $750,000 she settled for "was actually very fair"

Arguments against medical malpractice reform

Tort issue creates a tussle; Disagreement on need for reform

Organization raps proposed caps

RAND study finds 730,000 asbestos claims, many claimants unimpaired

New coalition formed to back Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

Group leaves wheelchair to protest caps

Group protests malpractice award caps

Letter to the Editor: Publicity and Responsibility

WorldCom: Even the dead settle

Costs running OB/GYNS out of town

Doctors take malpractice case to D.C.

Letter to the Editor: No epidemic of medical testing

Citizen tries to 'tell truth' to capital on malpractice cap dangers

AHIP Begins 'shark' attack on trial bar

Tort system study may be flawed

Insurance industry gets blame for high medical malpractice insurance rates

Lawyers see claims dropping, malpractice rates growing

U.S. Chamber liability ranking draws both praise and criticism

Corporate lawyers rank state's legal climate poor

Illinois' business climate criticized; U.S. Chamber puts blame on lawsuits

House GOP question dem med-mal claims

Chamber surveys lawyers on W.Va. courts

Corporations rank Mississippi courts unfairest

Letter to the Editor: Effects of "tort reform"

Go ahead. Test a lawyer's ingenuity. Try to limit damages

Questions raised on malpractice policy costs

Medical insurers testify

Legislators take med-mal deadlock head-on

New group opposes caps on awards

Patients for Justice have their say

Pair fights medical liability limits

Taylor's dad goes to Washington

Las Vegas woman put forward by groups opposed to malpractice lawsuit limits

Gun control group stands against lawsuit control

Medical malpractice victims lobby against tort reform bill

Valley woman's case highlights medical malpractice debate

Pendleton woman, son join lobby effort in nation’s capital

Speaking out: Monticello woman heads to Washington D.C. to lobby against putting cap on medical malpractice lawsuits

'Victims' Day' on Capitol Hill

Tort reform: The big payoff for corporations, curbing the lawsuits that hold them accountable

GOP lawmakers seek malpractice suit cap

Dad seeks prez's ear on malpractice cap

US to tackle tort costs from both sides

Docs launch new med-mal reform campaign

GOP renews call for malpractice caps

Letter to the Editor: Oversight needed, not tort reform

Dueling lobbies bristle over tort reform but play it for laughs

Group wants doctors to stop lobbying patients

Tillinghast tort system cost study under fire

Bush brings malpractice issue to Illinois

A gift for drug makers

Dietary rules heighten food fight over FDA

Tort reform debate turns ugly

Opposition to shielding drug makers makes malpractice bill a longer shot

Op/Ed: Case against tort reform

Op/Ed: Patients are not the problem

State’s leaders take up malpractice reform issue

The Bush Agenda: Investors should benefit; planners say sit tight for now

Batavia woman asks Bush to think of her Victim joins effort against tort reform

Rectal thermometer, toilet brush warnings win wacky awards

Bush promotes plan to limit medical liability lawsuits

Bush campaigns to curb lawsuits

President seeks caps on verdicts

New emphasis on state malpractice talks after Bush visit

Bush calls for limits on class-action lawsuits

Letter to the Editor: The most direct way to reduce lawsuits is to reduce malfeasance

Doctors are eager to hear what Bush will say about crisis

Malpractice victims pan president's plan

Victims want Bush to hear message

Victims want to talk to Bush, too

Medical malpractice

Opponents Of President lay blame on insurance companies

Critics of Bush medical liability reform plan gather in Collinsville, Ill.

Bush presses congress to pass medical liability bill

Medical malpractice bill limiting drug companies' liability on GOP agenda

Medical liability

Pro-lawsuit group wants Bush's ear

Bush to tout malpractice reform

President Bush to speak in Madison County, Illinois, regarding tort reform

Bush heads to 'Judicial Hellhole'

Medical malpractice

Insurance regulations bear blame, critics say

Letter to the Editor: Chamber should be up front about newspaper

Letter to the Editor: The Future of Medical Malpractice

Bill would shield some drug firms from punitive damages

Letter to the Editor: California insurance regulation

A season for lists produces two on the legal system

Illinois county once again leads list of 'hellholes'

St. Clair courts join list of worst

Letter to the Editor: Pain and Suffering Very Real to Accident Victims

The tort tangle

Automakers lobby for limits on lawsuits

A very uncivil war

Perspective on capping malpractice damages

Op/Ed: Are caps the answer to the malpractice crisis?

With Republican control in Congress and White House, bipartisanship is important for getting things done

Missouri medical malpractice claims fall

Op/Ed: Campaigns benefit voters

Look who's behind “tort reform”

Rate filings questioned

Malpractice fight focuses on court vote

False Alarm: How the media helps the insurance industry and the GOP promote the myth of America's "lawsuit crisis"

Op/Ed: Damage Caps Benefit Big Business, Not the Little Guy

Man on a mission: He’ll protest at convention

If John Edwards can do it, why not you?

Letter to the Editor: Insurance Industry Issues

Malpractice madness

Malpractice myths

Letter to the Editor: Don't Protect Fast Food

Letter to the Editor: 'Tort reform' doesn't help insurance rates

Not keeping a secret: Study finds sealed settlements are rare in federal courts

Doctors feel heat for taking patients' sides in malpractice cases

Trial by anecdote

Groups disagree over state malpractice 'crisis'; They spar on how statistics document insurance problems of New York's doctors.

Democrats release study faulting class-action bill

Tough call: Should congress pass the Cheeseburger Bill?

Robin Hood is alive in court, say those seeking lawsuit limits

Supremes limit punitive damages

Republicans' latest strategy on medical malpractice caps: A few specialties at a time

Women and children last

Valley mom to lobby senators

Nebraska mother in Washington to speak about bill

Senate debates medical malpractice caps

Challenges in passing reforms show value of simple approach

Tort reform opponents tout rights of plaintiffs; Access at issue

Physicians protest cost of insurance; About 2,000 march outside State House; Ehrlich voices support

Doctors and their supporters mass on State House

Doctors to rally for malpractice reform; Skyrocketing insurance rates in Md. lead many to retire or leave state, but patients' rights advocates claim awards to victims not to blame

Group backs jury idea

Medical malpractice

Recent blurring of lines by broadcasters between news and advertising programs

System of secrecy potentially puts patients at risk

Reformers aim to make jury duty more palatable

Malpractice plan would limit trials

Ethical confusion affects journalism

Want to be interviewed on the radio? Well, just pay up.

Business lobby targets Madison County judges

Signing Away Your Right to Sue; In Significant Legal Shift, Doctors, Gyms, Cable Services Start to Require Arbitration

GOP renews attack on malpractice awards; Republicans seeking limits on medical malpractice judgments see tort reform as potent political weapon for the 2004 campaign

Controversy Over Proposition 12; Opponents rally against Proposition 12 the same day Governor Rick Perry visits El Paso to support it.

Study rebuts doctors' claim of health crisis; U.S. report casts doubt on Proposition 12 backers' key argument

Valley Health Care: Group won't arbitrate medical cases; Patients must sign new contracts omitting use of association

Group: Nevada doctors violate AMA policy

Wearing a bull's-eye; With no insurance coverage, older doctors cease practicing, and younger doctors look elsewhere to start their careers.

Ohio's tort limits could be strictest in country; Opponents see 'solution in search of a problem'

Malpractice-Cap debate spotlights women

Small-business tort aid sought

Trial lawyers’ meeting is tinged with politics; Presidential hopefuls to make appearance

Grieving father targets medical malpractice; Lobbies against bill capping 'pain and suffering' damages

Legal battleground: Girth of a nation; Lawsuits take on big food amid debate about personal responsibility, social costs

Trial lawyers on trial

Doctors Firm On Merits Of Suits

Cap foes take to streets, television

Malpractice insurance woes threaten doctors

Malpractice victims suffer most from caps, attorneys

Negligent hospital care addressed

Op/Ed: False Claims

In insurance cost, woes for doctors and women

Miss Florida faces ugly reaction

Tort reform debate

Web site lists state's disciplined doctors

Capping the cost of pain and suffering

Report blasts malpractice system, System does not deter problems, new study says

Op/Ed: Insurance industry, not lawsuits, to blame for doctors' problems

Ads bring malpractice issue to Maine

Proposal caps malpractice awards

Opponents of malpractice caps begin ads

Ads press Frist over malpractice suits

1,000 doctors join rally

Hundreds of doctors rally for cap on malpractice awards

Doctors become lobbyists, fight for malpractice reform

Federal med-mal bill seems doubtful

Lawsuit reform said to be beneficial to business climate But consumer groups say taxpayers will be hurt

Malpractice crisis coming to light

Even Erin Brockovich has an advocate

Medical malpractice: Are lawsuits out of control?

Doctors protest rising insurance rates

Lobbyists on both sides duel in the medical malpractice debate

Insurance law: On the 'Top 10,' no-fault update, insolvency and SUM coverage

Lobbying on Both Sides of Tort Reform Steps Up

State lawmakers, insurance groups steel for face-off

Allentown protest faces obstacles

Secret service detains Pembroke man: Questioning takes place during Washington visit for malpractice-limit protest

Malpractice debate

AMA renews call for cap on malpractice awards

Measure that would cap malpractice awards to get first of three markups

Georgian fights cap on lawsuits

Justice for the injured; An interview with Joanne Doroshow

Group protests medical malpractice caps

Group says juries not to blame for cost surge

More doctors claiming malpractice insurance costs are driving them out of business

The case against tort reform; An interview with Joanne Doroshow

Been there, done that

Op/Ed: Tighten up on insurers

Driven to fight malpractice cap; Bus tour in town to rip proposed 250G limit on lawsuits

State advises lawsuit limit

Malpractice caps won’t fix what ails you, groups say

Woman scarred by medical mistake takes on malpractice reform

Gender bias seen in malpractice cases

Doctors' president says system is broken

Frist's staff meets with malpractice reform opponents

Today’s topic: Health-care costs

Web review; This week’s topic: Medical malpractice

After a brief lull, Senate moves to act on medical malpractice

Victims of medical errors take their case to Capitol

Doctors' activism buoys malpractice bill revival

Bush urges cap on med mal as lawsuits drive up cost of cover

Joanne Doroshow on medical malpractice

Transcript of News with Brian Williams

Transcript of NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Letter to the Editor: Untying the malpractice knot

Transcript of Crossfire

Letters read and not read according to how they're sent

Group compiles 'Wacky Warning Labels'

Congress wrestles with issue; Medical liability gearing up to be hot-button topic

Year in review: Health care – Costs drive health care issues

Letter to the Editor: Relatively few injured individuals bring lawsuits

Letter to the Editor: Limiting liability doesn't lower insurance rates

Committee sponsors damages cap

Letter to the Editor: New Law Is Anti-Consumer

Congress examines asbestos; Lawmakers may set criteria to limit suits to sickest patients

Lawmakers churn out tort reform proposals

Shopping for a lawyer: New FTC guide offers consumers advice on legal services, but critics aren't buying it

Doctors wince at rates

Senate passes Homeland Security Bill with liability protections

Rivals roll out statistics in malpractice cap battle

Putting a price on pain; State struggles to keep doctors, patients happy

Shot in the arm for tort overhaul

Attorney: Tort reform unnecessary

Southeast Zone: Florida eyeing med mal cap

State's malpractice debate opens

State has $620,000 limit on amount one can get for non-economic damages

Doctors, lawyers, insurers square off over insurance

Another hospital to cease birthing; Aventura latest to cite insurance

Doctors support GOP candidates for high court

Doctor-backed bill called no solution to insurance costs

Medical liability awards hit; Doctors protest insurance costs

Tort group slams class-action settlements

A Tort Reply: Philip Howard Is Dressing Down the Legal Community for its Frivolous Suits

FTC Seeks to Limit Attorney Fees in Class Action Suits; Cases That Follow Government Probes Closely Examined

Liability coverage at issue; House bill would cap attorney fees, punitive awards

Court seeks to ban sealed settlements

Critics question independence of judicial watchdogs

AMA Prez-elect touts medical malpractice reform; Group says crisis in insurance premiums could hinder patients' access

Juries unfairly blamed in tort 'reform' clash

Letter to the Editor: Juries Under Siege

Tab for medical malpractice at least $7 billion

Doctors find insurance help

Rise in insurance forces hospitals to shutter wards

West Virginia medical group says reform and money will ease malpractice crisis

Premiums, debate rise in malpractice arena; Insurers, trends or lawyers could be to blame, some say

Rising malpractice rates, shrinking doctor pool

Cabinet secretary to visit city

Victims of medical errors may face hurdle

Judges veto sealed deals 'A lot of merit' discovery is key issue

Medical crisis: Malpractice premiums on a rocket ride

Rancor infects city club as doctors, lawyers take sides

Malpractice awards provoke finger-pointing, but few easy answers

More doctors quit over insurance; Charleston hospitals scrambling for orthopedic surgeons

Consumer groups unite to track insurance prices

Doctor moving to Oregon; Physician says he is doing best thing for him, his family

Bush seeks to cap awards in medical liability suits

Curb malpractice suits to fix 'badly broken' system, Bush says

Bush to urge $250,000 caps in medical malpractice suits

Bush seeks to limit malpractice damages; In N.C., president to propose restrictions on awards against doctors, insurers

UMA says malpractice costs driving out obstetricians

Surgeons demand refund from insurer; St. Paul paid stockholders instead of holding reserves for claims

Fed-up obstetricians look for a way out

That crisis tune sounds familiar

Women's health-care crisis looms; Rising malpractice premiums may force some doctors to stop delivering babies

Letter to the Editor: Hike malpractice caps

Hopes high for malpractice solution: hospital group officials say time right for tort reform

Doctors rally against skyrocketing malpractice insurance costs

Rising malpractice coverage rekindles reform push

Transcript of Ray Dunaway with Diane Smith

Supporters, opponents of tort reform bill present arguments

Lawyers say doctor woes aren't due to lawsuits

New York City should be accountable for its sins

Lobbyists collide at state capitol over tort reform

Tort reform bias? Say it isn't so

Essay contest draws fire from group's opponents

Lawmakers prepare for vote on medical malpractice bill

Malpractice insurance has doctors in a bind; Rising rates in state reflect national trend

Soaring costs for insurance stun physicians in Harrisburg, Pa. area

Sept. 11 laws raise fears of tort reform: Is ground zero a slippery slope?

Medical malpractice truth is in the numbers

Insurance companies' profits fall; 'Tort reform' a solution in need of a problem

Malpractice claims rise slightly, study finds

Op/Ed: Key to providing lower rates lies with the insurance industry

Malpractice complaints: Physician, heal thyself

States across the country pushing anti-secrecy legislation

Tort reform emerges in ideas to address CAT fund's woes

Great for business

Letter to the Editor: Debunking the myth of frivolous lawsuits

Appeals to review punitives: Court

Confidential settlements under fire in 13 states

Document request sparks debate

Letter to the Editor: Choice' no-fault insurance bad for consumers

Letter to the Editor: Weaker Juries: Loss for Democracy

Tort Reform Raises Consumer Group Ire

Letter to the Editor: Verdicts on our coverage of trial lawyers

What if the big costs still hit the small?

E-commerce foes near consensus on online disputes

Opponents tally up lawsuits by critics of litigation

Op/Ed: Déjà Vu All Over Again: Bush And Tort Reform

Letter to the Editor: 'Poll' helps bolster abuse myth

Tort reform counter-attack in Louisiana: Reform advocates have had good run

Op/Ed: Attacking the Bench

Chamber of Commerce campaign in judicial elections

Those wicked lawyers

Big Business backs 'grassroots' tort 'reform' efforts, report says President's message

Letter to the Editor: Re "Why No Tort Reform? Follow the Money"

Debate on 'lawsuit abuse' waged on dueling web sites

Bill would raise stakes in product liability cases

Blowing Smoke Think Colorado's courts are overstuffed? So sue me

Letter to the Editor: The Price of Safety

Letter to the Editor: Taking Firestone to Task

Letter to the Editor: Consumer Safety

Lawsuit Opposition Group Tied To Tobacco

Big tobacco conspired against civil justice system, study shows

"It's unfair:" Chattanooga man's crosswalk tragedy sparks debate on Tennessee's damage cap

Tort Day 2023

Workers’ Comp and COVID: An American Failure

Interview with the American Museum of Tort Law

Medical Malpractice Insurance. Insurers Win, Patients and Doctors Lose

‘Workers Are Increasingly Required to Sign Away Their Rights’

Pop Torts and the Ready-Made Virality of ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Stories

New Report: How the Cash Rich Insurance Industry Fakes Crises and Invents Social Inflation

Joanne Doroshow on Looming Threats to the Civil Justice System

Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration Ruling

NATIONAL BILL PUTS #RIGHTSATRISK

Ralph Nader Radio Hour with Joanne Doroshow

AAJ Partnership Award

Joanne Doroshow, Steven Hill on Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration

Who's The Boss Of The House Judiciary Committee?

Opposition to U.S. House Class Action Bill

Congress’ Terrible Rule 11 Bill

Spotlight On Justice

Ebola And The Law In NYC

Corporations Pursue Legal Immunity by Attacking State Attorneys General

A look at the lawyer General Motors has hired to help settle claims

America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry

Cutting Classes

CJ&D Testifies In Congress

Critiques of Practice Guidelines and Early Offers

Courthouse Cornerstone

Look What People Are Saying About Us!

LOOK WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT US!

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If corporations can’t be sued, does that mean that they’ll provide more jobs or that our economy will improve?

How do lawsuits make me safer?

Why does the civil justice system need “protecting”?

Won’t doctors leave my state unless we stop lawsuits with “tort reform” laws?

Aren’t my health insurance premiums high because too many people sue doctors?

But what about that McDonald’s coffee case? Wasn’t that frivolous and didn’t that woman get millions of dollar for spilling hot coffee on herself?

MISLEADING ANECDOTES ABOUT LAWSUITS

But aren’t people running to court all the time and filing frivolous lawsuits in hopes of winning a “jackpot”?

But isn’t it easy to “win” money in a lawsuit by forcing the other side (usually an insurance company) to settle?

Does the “contingency fees” system cut down on “frivolous” lawsuits?

Don’t lawyers have an incentive to file frivolous cases?

Is it easy to file a lawsuit?

Won’t “tort reform” stop “frivolous lawsuits"?

WEAKENING THE COLLATERAL SOURCE RULE – DANGEROUS AND UNWISE

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What’s “tort reform”?

Aren’t personal injury or “tort” lawsuits flooding the courts?

Discrimination

Why are tort lawsuits important?

Don't high jury awards ultimately come out of my pocket?

What is a “tort”?

Public in Illinois and Across U.S. Reject Extremist “Tort Reform” Agenda

Asbestos Cases Are Not Overwhelming Illinois Courts

The Facts About the Illinois Economy

CJ&D in Illinois - Studies and Testimony

Facts About Civil Litigation in Illinois and the United States

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Fact Sheet: The Illinois "Tort Tax" Scam

Fact Sheet: Construction is a Dangerous Job

Fact Sheet: National Chamber Of Commerce Group To Release Deceptive And Misleading Attack On Illinois Business Climate

THE FACTS ABOUT THE ILLINOIS ECONOMY (2008)

Fact Sheet: Facts About Civil Litigation in Illinois and the United States

Release: National Chamber of Commerce Group to Release Deceptive and Misleading Attack on Wisconsin Business Climate (2006)

Fact Sheet: The Epidemic of Medical Malpractice (Response To November 7, 2009, House Floor Speech By Rep. Eric Cantor On Medical Malpractice Issues)

CJ&D Project: Caps Harm Nebraska

Fact Sheet: Workers Compensation Systems: Plagued By Retaliation Against Workers

Fact Sheet: The Problem with Independent Medical Exams

Fact Sheet: Workers Compensation Systems: Delays, Incompetence and Bias

Fact Sheet: Manhattan Institute

Fact Sheet: "Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse" Groups

Fact Sheet: American Tort Reform Association

Factsheet: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Liability Survey - Inaccurate, Unfair And Bad For Business

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Fact Sheet: Punitive Damages: Rare, Reasonable and Limited (2011)

Fact Sheet: Wisconsin High Court Strikes Down Cap

Fact Sheet: Weakening the Collateral Source Rule - Dangerous and Unwise

Fact Sheet: Compensation Caps – The War on Women, Children, Seniors and the Poor

Glossary of “Tort Reforms”

Fact Sheet: Our Legal and Regulatory System Make U.S. Markets the Strongest in the World

Fact Sheet: Big Tobacco's Covert Role in "Tort Reform"

Fact Sheet: Our Children are Not Immune from Gun Violence: Why Should the Gun Industry be Immune from Responsibility?

Medical Malpractice Story: Orville and Ora Mae Swain

Medical Malpractice Story: Scott Schlyer

Medical Malpractice Story: Tyler Roscoe

Medical Malpractice Story: Krista Roeper

Medical Malpractice Story: Steven Olsen

Medical Malpractice Story: Taylor McCormack

Medical Malpractice Story: Justin Mattes

Medical Malpractice Story: Heather Lewinsky

Medical Malpractice Story: Michael L. Kelly

Medical Malpractice Story: Sherry Keller

Medical Malpractice Story: Alexandra Katada

Medical Malpractice Story: Kim Jones

Medical Malpractice Story: Nathaniel Johns

Medical Malpractice Story: Lucas Hollingsworth

Medical Malpractice Story: Kristen Griffin

Medical Malpractice Story: Colin Gourley

Medical Malpractice Story: Owen Gardner

In Memoriam: Richard’s Obituary

Medical Malpractice Story: Richard Flagg

Medical Malpractice Story: John Enzenauer

Medical Malpractice Story: Harry Donnelly

Medical Malpractice Story: Lewis Wardlaw Blackman

Medical Malpractice Story: Virginia's Survivors of Medical Negligence

Snapshot of Justice: Health Courts: Bad for Patients and Unconstitutional

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Women's Lives

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Seniors' Lives

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Children's Lives

Fact Sheet: How Corporations Abuse Our Civil Justice System

Fact Sheet: Safeguarding a Pillar of American Freedom - An Historical Primer on the Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases

FAQ About State Judicial Elections

Model Insurance Reform Bill

Fact Sheet: The Real Story of Texas Insurance Rates

ThePopTort: 2009 ABA Journal Blawg 100

Trial Lawyers: The Last Line of Defense

Joanne Doroshow Testifying Before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Medical Liability (Pt. 2)

Joanne Doroshow Testifying Before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Medical Liability (Pt. 1)

Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on the Judiciary, "Medical Liability Reform: Cutting Costs, Spurring Investment, Creating Jobs."

Lou Dobbs Tonight: Medical Malpractice

Transcript: Lou Dobbs Tonight: Medical Malpractice

Joanne Doroshow Discuses Liability Concerns in GM/Chrysler Bankruptcies

Newsmakers: Small Business Lawsuits

Lou Dobbs Tonight: Toxic Toys

Forum on Katrina's Liability Implications

Congress Opens Hearings Into Federal Response to Katrina

Medical Malpractice Survivors' Congressional Testimony

Tough Call: Should Congress Pass the Cheeseburger Bill?

Washington Journal - Medical Malpractice Legislation

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CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight: Medical Malpractice

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"Hot Coffee" vs. "Injustice": Documentary Film or Infomercial?

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ASBESTOS CASES ARE NOT OVERWHELMING OUR COURTS

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Spotlight: When it Comes to Auto Safety, Litigation Plays a Critical Role

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing WA Trucking Petition

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Bus Industry Preemption Petition

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Trucking Industry Preemption Petition

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Group Letter to CFPB

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

White Paper: Corporate Empowerment and the Decline of Public Safety

Impact: Focus on Regulatory Breakdown (Fall 2007)

Impact: Focus on Federal Agencies (Winter 2006)

Arbitration

Group Letter to House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to Congress to Ban Forced Arbitration for Service Members

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Comments Objecting to CMS Forced Arbitration Rule for Nursing Homes

Comments Objecting to Department of Education Forced Arbitration Class Action Waiver Actions

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

FAQ: Privacy and Forced Arbitration - Why It Matters

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Impact: Focus on Mandatory Binding Arbitration (Spring 2009)

Asbestos

Group Letters Opposing the FACT Act, H.R. 906

Asbestos: What's Old Is New Again

CJ&D Statement Condemning Passage of H.R. 1927

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Coalition Letter in Opposition to the FACT Act (H.R. 526), An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Fact Sheet: Facts About The “Fact Act” - An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

CFPB

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Study: How Consumer Financial Class Actions Help and Protect Americans

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

FAQ: Privacy and Forced Arbitration - Why It Matters

Consumer Letter to Congress on CFPB Funding

Fact Sheet: CFPB Arbitration Study - Highlights

Group Letter to CFPB

Class Actions

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Fact Sheet: Forced Arbitration Clauses and Class Actions Waivers, By The Numbers

Law Review: Federal Legislative Attacks on Class Action

Comments Objecting to Department of Education Forced Arbitration Class Action Waiver Actions

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Class Action Bill

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Class Action Bill, H.R. 985

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

CJ&D Statement Condemning Passage of H.R. 1927

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Statement by Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director, Center for Justice & Democracy On H.R. 1927, the ‘‘Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015’’

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015"

Letter to the House - Consumer Groups Oppose Anti-Trust Repeal

Drugs/ Devices/ Products

Study: PILLS; Big Pharma, the FDA, and Problem Medicine

Spotlight: New Trick By Wealthy Corporate Fat Cats to Cheat Victims: Dummy Bankruptcy

Backgrounder: Protecting the Legal Rights of Generic Drug Victims

Group Letter in Opposition to S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

Fact Sheet: Wyeth v. Levine - Key Findings

Study: HEART SICK - Hazardous Heart Devices and the Importance of Litigation

Study: THE BITTEREST PILL – How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women and How Lawsuits Save Their Lives

Impact: Focus on Drug Companies (Spring 2005)

FDA

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

Food

Group Letter in Opposition to the DARK Act, Banning State GMO Labeling Requirements

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

White Paper: Our Fatal Food Attraction: Regulatory Failures and the Civil Justice System

Medical Malpractice

Patient Safety Letter Opposing Corporate Immunity

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Group Letter to U.S. House Opposing Health Care Immunity Bill

Top 15 Things We Learned From Our Deep Dive Into CBO’s New Medical Malpractice Working Paper

A "Retort" To The White House Budget's Medical Malpractice Proposals

Statement of Joanne Doroshow on House Passage of H.R. 1215

Press Release: OVER 80 NATIONAL AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS ASK U.S. HOUSE TO REJECT BILL LIMITING PATIENTS’ RIGHTS

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Statement of Joanne Doroshow on Trump Budget Medical Malpractice Proposals

Fact Sheet: Veterans Will Be Harmed by Federal Medical Malpractice Bill

Group Letter to House Judiciary Comm. Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Fact Sheet: H.R. 1215 - The “Protecting Access to Unsafe Care Act of 2017”

Fact Sheets: Why Care About Medical Malpractice in ACA Replacement Bills

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R.4771, the "HEALTH Act of 2016"

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards – A Terrible Idea

Letter to House Judiciary Committee - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Letter to the House - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Consumer and Patient Safety Letter to House Judiciary Committee

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (January 2011)

Statement On The State Of The Union Section On Medical Malpractice

Statement On House Medical Malpractice Bill

Consumer and Patient Groups Criticize Deficit Reduction Medical Malpractice Proposals

Letter from Consumer Groups to Speaker Pelosi

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice In the Republican Health Care “Substitute”: Outrageous, Pointless and Cruel

Medical Malpractice Survivors Travel to Washington, DC, October 2009

Consumer Group Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Medical Malpractice in the Health Care Bill

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (July 2009)

Preemption

Group Letter to Congress to Protect State Law Aviation Claims

Group Letter to House Opposing FAA Trucking Amendments

Fact Sheet: Federal Preemption of Tort Law

Groups to Congress: Protect Civil Justice

Fact Sheet: Wyeth v. Levine - Key Findings

Rules and Procedure

Group Letter Objecting to DoD Rule on Military Medical Malpractice Claims

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3624, "The Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act"

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Fact Sheet: Facts About "LARA"- An Anti-Civil Justice Bill That Defies Common Sense

Comments on the Proposed Discovery Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Fact Sheet: Federal Rule Changes: What's at Stake

Transportation and Space

Spotlight: News About The East Palestine, Ohio Train Disaster Keeps Coming

Study: Moving Hazards: Transportation Systems and Environmental Disasters

Spotlight: Trucking Companies Are Being Price-Gouged By The Insurance Industry

Spotlight: Lawsuits Are Extremely Rare Following Truck Crashes

Spotlight: Trucking Industry: “Large Jury Verdicts Are Our Fault”

Study: Big Trucks - An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Creates Terrifying New Travel Dangers

Group Letter to Congress to Protect State Law Aviation Claims

Fact Sheet: Amtrak and Forced Arbitration, Saving Money On The Backs Of Their Own Injured Passengers

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing WA Trucking Petition

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Bus Industry Preemption Petition

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Trucking Industry Preemption Petition

Group Letter to House Opposing FAA Trucking Amendments

Fact Sheet: Mass-Casualty Railroad Accidents And Liability Caps

Group Letter: Opposition to the SPACE Act, a Bill to Immunize Private Space Companies

Letter: Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Repeal "Graves Amendment" on Rental Car Liability

Impact: Focus on Auto Safety (Spring/Summer 2010)

Medical Malpractice

Alternatives to Litigation

Jury Excision: Medical Malpractice, Forced Arbitration, and Alternative Compensation Systems

The New Patient Compensation System–Government Harming Patients

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards – A Terrible Idea

Letter from Consumer Groups to Congress Opposing the "Clinical Guideline" Immunity Bill

Letter and Critique of the Center for American Progress Recommendation to Immunize Physicians who Follow Practice Guidelines

Georgia's Patient Compensation System -- A New State Agency That Will Harm Patients

White Paper: Medical Malpractice in Sweden and New Zealand: Should Their Systems Be Replicated Here?

Liability and the Health Care Bill: An "Alternative" Perspective Published by The Circuit, California Law Review

Analysis of HHS Patient Safety and Medical Liability Initiative Demonstration Grant Proposal for New York State

Certificates of Merit and Medical Malpractice: What's at Stake for States

Fact Sheets on Medical Malpractice Alternatives

Letter on Medical Malpractice Alteratives from Consumer Groups

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards - The Wrong Cure for Health Care

Study: Why Health Courts are Unconstitutional

Letter: Medical Malpractice Survivors Against “Health Courts”

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the Boston Bar Association

Impact: Focus on Health Courts (Summer 2009)

Snapshot of Justice: Health Courts: Bad for Patients and Unconstitutional

Legislative Testimony

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow , CJ&D Executive Director, on Maryland's No-Fault Injury Fund Proposal

Statement of Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, on New Hampshire's Early Offer Law

Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, Testifies Before New Hampshire Committee; Condemns Unethical and Unfair Medical Malpractice Proposal

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before New York City Council on Medical Malpractice

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on the Judiciary

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before Connecticut Public Health Committee on No-Fault Medical Malpractice

Nursing Homes

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Spotlight: Nursing Homes Harm Short-Term Patients

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Spotlight: Seniors Are Overprescribed Psychiatric Drugs

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Patients and Health Care Providers

Testimony of Jason Held Before the IL House Aging Committee on November 26, 2007: "Protecting Illinois Seniors-Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect"

Patient Safety and Errors

Spotlight: Female Doctors Are Safer For Female Patients

Spotlight: Sleep Deprivation Leads to Medical Errors

Spotlight: Preventable Death Rates for U.S. Women Among Highest in World

Spotlight: Black Patients Are More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Unsafe Care

Fact Sheet: The Sad Truth About Hospitals, Patient Safety And Racism

Spotlight: Avoidable Medical Errors Are the Third Leading Cause of Death in America

Spotlight: Medical Malpractice - Even Presidents Are At Risk

Spotlight: Robotic Surgery Can Cause Horrendous Errors

Spotlight: Hospitals Could Do More To Prevent Blood Clot Deaths

Spotlight: The Chance of Dying Due To a Medical Error

Spotlight: Medication Errors Occur in Half of All Surgeries

Spotlight: Diagnostic Errors Kill Nearly Twice As Many Patients As Do Other Medical Errors

Spotlight: Hospital Errors Increase On Weekends

Stories of Malpractice

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, October 10, 2012: Amy Miller

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, September 6, 2012: James Adams

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, July 12, 2012: Herman Cole

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, May 24, 2012: Molly Akers

Fact Sheet: ER Victim Stories

In Memoriam: Ian Malone

Medical Malpractice Story: Ian Malone

Impact: Focus on Housing (Winter 2016)

Medical Malpractice Story: Orville and Ora Mae Swain

Medical Malpractice Story: Scott Schlyer

Medical Malpractice Story: Tyler Roscoe

Medical Malpractice Story: Krista Roeper

Medical Malpractice Story: Steven Olsen

Medical Malpractice Story: Taylor McCormack

Medical Malpractice Story: Justin Mattes

Medical Malpractice Story: Heather Lewinsky

Medical Malpractice Story: Michael L. Kelly

Medical Malpractice Story: Sherry Keller

Medical Malpractice Story: Alexandra Katada

Medical Malpractice Story: Kim Jones

Medical Malpractice Story: Nathaniel Johns

Medical Malpractice Story: Lucas Hollingsworth

Medical Malpractice Story: Kristen Griffin

Medical Malpractice Story: Colin Gourley

Medical Malpractice Story: Owen Gardner

In Memoriam: Richard’s Obituary

Medical Malpractice Story: Richard Flagg

Medical Malpractice Story: John Enzenauer

Medical Malpractice Story: Harry Donnelly

Medical Malpractice Story: Lewis Wardlaw Blackman

Medical Malpractice Story: Virginia's Survivors of Medical Negligence

Tort Reform Groups/Hypocrites

American Tort Reform Association (ATRA)

Poking Holes in Judicial Hellholes, ATRA’S Annual Fake News Story

Statement from Joanne Doroshow on ATRA's "Judicial Hellhole" Report

Letter: "Hellholes" Fanmail from CJ&D to the American Tort Reform Assn.

South Florida - "HellHole" Fiction

Fact Sheet: American Tort Reform Association

Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA)

The CALA Files: The Secret Campaign by Big Tobacco and Other Major Industries to Take Away Your Rights

Fact Sheet: "Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse" Groups

Hypocrites

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Spotlight: How Does Tort Reform Violate Conservative Principles?

Spotlight: "Tort Reform" Is Corporate Welfare

White Paper: Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”: Doctors and Organized Medicine

White Paper: Not in My Backyard II: The High-Tech Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”

White Paper: Not in My Backyard: The Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”

Impact: Focus on Conservatives (Winter 2002)

Manhattan Institute

Fact Sheet: Manhattan Institute

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

False, Inflated Drivel: What’s Wrong With The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s “Tort Cost” Report

The Secret Chamber - The Inner Workings of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Hijacking of an Election

White Paper: Chamber of Horrors (The Influence of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the Outcome of the 2004 Elections)

Factsheet: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Liability Survey - Inaccurate, Unfair And Bad For Business

Anecdotes/McDonald's Coffee

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

FAQ About The McDonald’s Coffee Case And The Use Of Fabricated Anecdotes

Impact: Focus on Anecdotes (Spring 2004)

Arbitration

Kicked Out of Court in 2023; 50 Cases Showing the Real-World Impact of Forced Arbitration

Spotlight: Congress Finally Cracked the Forced Arbitration Wall

Group Letter to House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to Congress to Ban Forced Arbitration for Service Members

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Creates Terrifying New Travel Dangers

Spotlight: A Growing Number Of Rich Companies Are Forcing Consumers To Arbitrate Disputes

Spotlight: When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Fact Sheet: Autonomous Vehicles and The Importance of Banning Forced Arbitration Clauses

Coalition Letter to House on AVs and Forced Arbitration

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Fact Sheet: Amtrak and Forced Arbitration, Saving Money On The Backs Of Their Own Injured Passengers

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Spotlight: What is a Forced Arbitration Clause?

Fact Sheet: Forced Arbitration Clauses and Class Actions Waivers, By The Numbers

Fact Sheet: Cases Tossed Out of Court Because of Forced Arbitration Causes and Class Action Bans

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Press Release: Center for Justice & Democracy Joins 132 Groups Urging SEC Against Opening the Floodgates to Forced Arbitration

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Comments Objecting to CMS Forced Arbitration Rule for Nursing Homes

Comments Objecting to Department of Education Forced Arbitration Class Action Waiver Actions

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Violates the 7th Amendment

National groups oppose Texas arbitration proposal

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

FAQ: Privacy and Forced Arbitration - Why It Matters

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Fact Sheet: CFPB Arbitration Study - Highlights

Group Letter to CFPB

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical To Remedy Financial Discrimination Against Minorities

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Racial Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Invasions of Privacy

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Gender Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Our Drinking Water

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Disability Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Patients and Health Care Providers

Fact Sheet: How Small Businesses Benefit From Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

White Paper: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

FAQ: Vanishing Rights and Remedies Under Forced Arbitration

White Paper: Mandatory Binding Arbitration: Civil Injustice By Corporate America

Impact: Focus on Mandatory Binding Arbitration (Spring 2009)

Asbestos

Spotlight: Private Equity Firms Are Buying Up Asbestos Claims

Backgrounder: How Secondary Asbestos Exposure Devastates Families

Spotlight: Asbestos Is Still Harming Workers And Communities

Spotlight: Asbestos Imports are on the Rise in the U.S.

Spotlight: Asbestos Exposure Will Be a Problem for Many Years

Spotlight: Asbestos is Still Not Banned in the United States

Spotlight: The Insurance Industry Helped Coverup Asbestos Hazards and Disease

Spotlight: Industry Cover-Up of Asbestos Hazards Has Continued for More Than a Century

Spotlight: Asbestos Litigation Does Not Cost Jobs

FAQ: ASBESTOS – THE AWFUL TRUTH

Group Letters Opposing the FACT Act, H.R. 906

Asbestos: What's Old Is New Again

CJ&D Statement Condemning Passage of H.R. 1927

Groups Oppose H.R. 1927, The "Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015"

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Coalition Letter in Opposition to the FACT Act (H.R. 526), An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Fact Sheet: Facts About The “Fact Act” - An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Fact Sheet: Koch and Asbestos Legislation

Backgrounder: The Implausible Garlock Asbestos Decision

Letter to Congress Opposing LARA and the FACT Act

Letter to Congress Opposing the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA)

Letter to the House Opposing H.R. 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act)

Letter to Congress on Asbestos Bill

Snapshot of Justice: Asbestos Cases are Not Overwhelming Our Courts

Letter: Consumer Group Letter Opposing Federal Asbestos Legislation

Attorneys General

Fact Sheet: Corporations Pursue Legal Immunity by Attacking State Attorneys General

Backgrounder: Corporations Pursue Legal Immunity by Attacking State Attorneys General

Fact Sheet: Examples of Important Cases Brought by State Attorneys General

Coalition Letter to Congress on State AGs

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Impact: Focus on State Attorneys General (Winter/Spring 2008)

Class Actions

Kicked Out of Court in 2023; 50 Cases Showing the Real-World Impact of Forced Arbitration

Spotlight: Securities Class Actions Have Been Dropping For Years

Spotlight: A Growing Number Of Rich Companies Are Forcing Consumers To Arbitrate Disputes

Spotlight: When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Fact Sheet: Cases Tossed Out of Court Because of Forced Arbitration Causes and Class Action Bans

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Law Review: Federal Legislative Attacks on Class Action

Press Release: Center for Justice & Democracy Joins 132 Groups Urging SEC Against Opening the Floodgates to Forced Arbitration

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Study: How Consumer Financial Class Actions Help and Protect Americans

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Class Action Bill

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Class Action Bill, H.R. 985

Comments to CFPB on Proposed Rule on Class Action Waivers in Forced Arbitration Agreements

Statement on the CFPB's Proposed Rule on Forced Arbitration

FAQ: Privacy and Forced Arbitration - Why It Matters

CJ&D Statement Condemning Passage of H.R. 1927

Groups Oppose H.R. 1927, The "Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015"

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Statement by Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director, Center for Justice & Democracy On H.R. 1927, the ‘‘Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015’’

National Organizations Oppose H.R. 1927, Legislation That Would Destroy Federal Class Action Rights

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015"

Group Letter to CFPB

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Supporting Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical To Remedy Financial Discrimination Against Minorities

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Racial Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Invasions of Privacy

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Gender Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Our Drinking Water

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Disability Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Patients and Health Care Providers

Fact Sheet: How Small Businesses Benefit From Class Actions

Fact Sheet: The Importance of Private Enforcement Examples of Civil Rights Consumer Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Civil Rights Class Actions: A Singularly Effective Tool to Combat Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

White Paper: Cutting Classes: The Slow Demise of Class Actions in America

FAQ: Vanishing Rights and Remedies Under Forced Arbitration

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

Fact Sheet: Lawyers' Income and Fees

Fact Sheet: Examples of Important Cases Brought by State Attorneys General

White Paper: Legal Abandon – How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To Do About It

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Snapshot of Justice: The Truth About Class Action Lawsuits

Impact: Focus on Stoneridge, Enron and the Supreme Court (Summer 2007)

Consumer Group Letters

Group Letter to House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to Congress to Ban Forced Arbitration for Service Members

Group Letter to House Judiciary on Bankruptcy Abuse Bill

Group Letter Objecting to DoD Rule on Military Medical Malpractice Claims

Coalition Letter to House on AVs and Forced Arbitration

Group Letter to Congress to Protect State Law Aviation Claims

Patient Safety Letter Opposing Corporate Immunity

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Group Letter to U.S. House Opposing Health Care Immunity Bill

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing WA Trucking Petition

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Bus Industry Preemption Petition

Group Letter to U.S. House Supporting FAIR Act

Group Letter to FMCSA Opposing Trucking Industry Preemption Petition

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Four Federal Court Bills

Group Letter to House Opposing FAA Trucking Amendments

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing ADA Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Worker Safety Bill

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on "Lawsuit Abuse" hearing

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives on Cy Pres

Comments Objecting to CMS Forced Arbitration Rule for Nursing Homes

Comments Objecting to Department of Education Forced Arbitration Class Action Waiver Actions

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Class Action Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Letters Opposing Six U.S. House Anti-Civil Justice Bills

Group Letter to House Judiciary Comm. Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Group Letters Opposing the FACT Act, H.R. 906

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Class Action Bill, H.R. 985

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Civil Justice Bills

National groups oppose Texas arbitration proposal

Coalition Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2304, The "SPEAK FREE Act"

Coalition Letter to the CFPB in Support of Rulemaking on Forced Arbitration and Class Action Bans

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R.4771, the "HEALTH Act of 2016"

Group Letter in Opposition to the DARK Act, Banning State GMO Labeling Requirements

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3624, "The Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act"

Groups Oppose H.R. 1927, The "Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015"

National Organizations Oppose Legislation That Would Destroy Class Actions and Harm Asbestos Victims

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, A Class Action and Asbestos Bill

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Group Letter in Support of Changing NYS Med Mal Statute of Limitations

Group Letter: Opposition to the SPACE Act, a Bill to Immunize Private Space Companies

Coalition Letter in Opposition to the FACT Act (H.R. 526), An Anti-Victim Asbestos Bill

Group Letter in Opposition to S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act

Group Letter to Congress Opposing H.R. 1927, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015"

Consumer Letter to Congress on CFPB Funding

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Supporting Class Actions

Groups to Congress: Protect Civil Justice

Letter to GM on Feinberg Contracts

Consumer Letter to GM to Create Compensation Fund

Letter from Consumer Groups to Congress Opposing the "Clinical Guideline" Immunity Bill

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

Letter to Congress Opposing LARA and the FACT Act

Letter to Congress Opposing the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA)

Public Interest Group Letter to Congress on Shutdown

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Opposing Rule 11 Bill

Letter to the House Opposing H.R. 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act)

Letter to Congress on Asbestos Bill

Letter to House Judiciary Committee - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Letter to the House - Consumer Groups Oppose Anti-Trust Repeal

Letter to the House - Consumer and Patient Safety Group Opposition to H.R. 5

Coalition Letter to Congress on State AGs

Consumer and Patient Safety Letter to House Judiciary Committee

Letter From Medical Malpractice Victims to President Obama (January 2011)

Letters to State AG's Regarding BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: Call for the Release of Documents

Consumer and Patient Groups Criticize Deficit Reduction Medical Malpractice Proposals

Letter: Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Repeal "Graves Amendment" on Rental Car Liability

Letter to Senate: National and State Groups Urge Congress to Lift Liability Cap for BP Oil Spill

Letter to New York State Governor and Legislature About Outrageous Salaries for New York City Hospital Executives

Letter from Consumer Groups to Speaker Pelosi

Consumer Group Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Medical Malpractice in the Health Care Bill

Letter on Medical Malpractice Alteratives from Consumer Groups

Letter to President Obama: Chrysler Bankruptcy

Letters to Congress from Women's Health Groups Supporting Bill to Reverse Riegel v Medtronic

Letter to Mattel from Parents Re: Toys with Lead

Letter on Today Show Blasting Commentary on Health Care and "Tort Reform"

Letter: Medical Malpractice Survivors Against “Health Courts”

Letter: Consumer Group Letter Opposing Federal Asbestos Legislation

Impact: Focus on State Consumer Groups (Spring 2007)

Consumer and Health Group Ad Opposing Medical Malpractice Legal Limits

Costs

Spotlight: Don’t Believe “Tort Cost” Figures From Corporate Groups

False, Inflated Drivel: What’s Wrong With The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce’s “Tort Cost” Report

Study: Limiting Lawsuits; Small Businesses' Least Concern

Fact Sheet: Small Businesses' Infinitesimal "Tort" Problem

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

White Paper: What You Need To Know About... Punitive Damages

Towers Perrin: "Grade F" For Fantastically Inflated "Tort Cost" Report

Snapshot of Justice: Debunking Myths About Tort System Costs

Fact Sheet: The "Tort Tax" Scam

Fact Sheet: The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine

Crime/Prisons

Spotlight: Gun Industry Immunity Is Cracking

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Spotlight: Access to our Civil Courts is Critically Important for Sexual Assault Survivors

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

The Importance of Civil Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors and the Devastating Consequences of Tort Reform

Fact Sheet: Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

FAQ: Civil Justice And Prison Health Care

White Paper: Corporate Lawbreaking and Civil Justice: The Last Line of Defense

Fact Sheet: "Tort Reforms" Let Criminals Off The Hook

Impact: Focus on Immigrants and Civil Justice (Fall 2015)

Impact: Focus on Crime (Fall 2001)

Economy/Business

Death Spiral: Private Equity Ownership Of Health Care

Spotlight: Corporate Salaries Are Breaking Records

Spotlight: Securities Class Actions Have Been Dropping For Years

Study: Limiting Lawsuits; Small Businesses' Least Concern

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Spotlight: Lawsuits Limits Led to Financial Collapse

NFIB: The Unimportance of "Tort Reform" to Small Businesses

Consumer Letter to Congress on CFPB Funding

Fact Sheet: How Small Businesses Benefit From Class Actions

Study: Repeat Offenders: How the Insurance Industry Manufactures Crises and Harms America

White Paper: AMERICA’S WORST TOP MODEL; ALEC’s Model Civil Justice Legislation

White Paper: Legal Abandon – How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To Do About It

Snapshot of Justice: Lawsuits and the Economy

White Paper: Small Business and “Tort Reform”: Much Ado About Nothing

White Paper: Survey Says ... “Tort Reform” Not a Priority for Businesses

Impact: Focus on Immigrants and Civil Justice (Fall 2015)

Impact: Focus on Hot Topics (Winter 2012/13)

Impact: Focus on Civil Justice and Budget Deficits (Fall 2011)

Impact: Focus on Stoneridge, Enron and the Supreme Court (Summer 2007)

Environment

Study: Moving Hazards: Transportation Systems and Environmental Disasters

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Spotlight: Look Which Famous Cases Were Environmental "Personal Injury" Lawsuits

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, the Environment, ACA Replacement

Asbestos: What's Old Is New Again

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Our Drinking Water

FAQ: Fracking, Regulation, and Obstacles to Litigation

Letters to State AG's Regarding BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: Call for the Release of Documents

Letters to State AG's Regarding BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: Call for Investigation of Conflicts of Interest

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Study: How the Civil Justice System Protects Environmental Health

Fact Sheet: Environmental Tort Lawsuits: Holding Polluters Accountable

Fact Sheet: Anyone Concerned About The Environment Should Actively Oppose "Tort Reform" Legislation

Impact: Focus on the Environment (Summer 2001)

Federal Bills and Regulation

Dark Clouds Fading Light

Civil Justice Highlights From There Are No Accidents

Group Letter to House Judiciary on Bankruptcy Abuse Bill

Spotlight: More Than a Dozen Auto Safety Rules are Years Overdue

Worth, Ken Feinberg and Trial Lawyers: The Real Story

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Four Federal Court Bills

Fact Sheet: Strengthening Federal AV Car Bills, Liability, Arbitration and Preemption

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing ADA Bill

Group Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Worker Safety Bill

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on "Lawsuit Abuse" hearing

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives on Cy Pres

Fact Sheet: Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Fact Sheet: How the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act Will be Used to Block Civil Rights Cases

Statement on March 2017 Passage of Three House Anti-Civil Justice Bills

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Letters Opposing Six U.S. House Anti-Civil Justice Bills

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Opposition to the Federal "Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act"

Coalition Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2304, The "SPEAK FREE Act"

Impact: Focus on Servicemembers (Summer 2016)

Human Rights

Restoring Shattered Lives: A Primer on War, Terrorism and the U.S. Civil Justice System

Impact: Focus on War & the Civil Justice System (Summer 2004)

Immunity Laws

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Group Letter to House Judiciary on Bankruptcy Abuse Bill

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Fact Sheet: State Covid-19 Health Care Immunity Laws

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Spotlight: Industry Insiders Long Ago Admitted - Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Spotlight: The cruise ship industry has greater legal immunity than many other industies

Spotlight: No Special Treatment For Gun Makers

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Fact Sheet: Clinical Practice Guidelines as Legal Standards – A Terrible Idea

Group Letter: Opposition to the SPACE Act, a Bill to Immunize Private Space Companies

White Paper: America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry

White Paper: Repeating a Tragic Blunder: Wisconsin's Drug and Device Immunity Bill

Letter: Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Repeal "Graves Amendment" on Rental Car Liability

Fact Sheet: Wyeth v. Levine - Key Findings

Study: HEART SICK - Hazardous Heart Devices and the Importance of Litigation

Study: THE BITTEREST PILL – How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women and How Lawsuits Save Their Lives

Study: A Tragic Blunder: Michigan’s Drug Industry Immunity Law

Top 10 Zany Immunity Law Awards, 2004

Impact: Focus on Servicemembers (Summer 2016)

Impact: Focus on Housing (Winter 2016)

Insurance Industry

Additional information can be found on the Americans for Insurance Reform website.

Spotlight: The Insurance Industry Is Causing Inflation

Limiting Lawsuits Will Not Lower Insurance Premiums (2024 Update)

Spotlight: How Rich Is The Property/Casualty Insurance Industry? So Rich.

Spotlight: Policyholders Are Being Price-Gouged By The Insurance Industry

Spotlight: Commercial Insurance Claims Are Dropping

Spotlight: The Endless Price-Gouging Of Doctors

Spotlight: Trucking Companies Are Being Price-Gouged By The Insurance Industry

Tucker Carlson vs. Joanne Doroshow

Inventing Social Inflation 2023

Study: Big Trucks - An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

Reinsurance: A Secretive Foreign Industry That Can Cause Great Harm In The United States

Hurricanes and Insurance: Learning from the Past

Spotlight: Workers' Compensation During Covid

Spotlight: Auto Insurance Companies Made a Windfall From the Pandemic

Spotlight: Property Casualty Insurance Companies Can Legally Price Fix

Spotlight: Government Oversight Over Insurance Industry Practices Barely Exists

Spotlight: The U.S. Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited From Pandemic

Spotlight: Unnecessary Hourly Billing by Insurance Lawyers is Causing Insurance Costs to Rise

Spotlight: Insurance Companies Pay Far Less Than What Juries Award

Fact Sheet: To Rein in Costs, Get Insurance Defense Lawyers Under Control!

Fact Sheet: The Myth of Nuclear Verdicts

Fact Sheet: How the Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited from the COVID 19 Pandemic

Welcome to Insurance Isle

Insurance: The Essential Guide to a Bewildering Industry

Study: How the Cash Rich Insurance Industry Fakes Crises and Invents Social Inflation

Spotlight: Industry Insiders Long Ago Admitted - Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Spotlight: A Word From An Insurance Industry Lobbyist

New Med Mal Studies From Americans for Insurance Reform

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice Insurance Studies Undermine Leading Arguments for Tort Reform

Premium Deceit 2016: The Failure of "Tort Reform" To Cut Insurance Prices

Stable Losses Unstable Rates 2016

National groups oppose Texas arbitration proposal

Fact Sheet: Our Multi-Millionaire Insurance Executives

Fact Sheet: Insurance Companies Lobby to Limit Compensation to the Sick and Injured But Pay their Executives Millions of Dollars

Study: Repeat Offenders: How the Insurance Industry Manufactures Crises and Harms America

Fact Sheet: Insurance Industry Executive Compensation

Fact Sheet: "Caps" Do Not Lower Insurance Premiums for Doctors (and Insurance Insiders Admit It)

Study: BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK: Washington’s State-Run Workers Compensation System

Study: True Risk: Medical Liability, Malpractice Insurance and Health Care

Fact Sheet: Insurance Regulation is the Answer!

Study: An Analysis of the Claims Payments and Performance of Physicians Insurance a Mutual Company

White Paper: The Money Vultures

White Paper: Shakedown: How the Insurance Industry Exploits a Nation in Times of Crisis

Study: Premium Deceit: The Failure of "Tort Reform" to Cut Insurance Prices

Impact: Focus on Obamacare (Winter 2013)

Impact: Focus on Katrina and Insurance (Spring 2006)

Impact: Focus on Insurance Industry Scandal (Summer 2005)

Impact: Focus on Insurance (Fall 2003)

Impact: Focus on Auto Insurance (Spring 2002)

Impact: Focus on the Insurance Industry (Summer 2002)

Model Insurance Reform Bill

Fact Sheet: The Real Story of Texas Insurance Rates

Judges/Juries

Dark Clouds Fading Light

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Kicked Out of Court in 2023; 50 Cases Showing the Real-World Impact of Forced Arbitration

Nuclear Fizzle: How Jury Grievance Reports Whitewash Corporate Misconduct and Dehumanize Victims

Spotlight: When Laws Take Compensation Decisions Away From Judges And Juries Tragedy Results

Spotlight: Insurance Companies Pay Far Less Than What Juries Award

Lifesavers 2021

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Lawyers

Backgrounder: How Corporate Groups Are Humiliating Their Own Attorneys

Spotlight: Litigation Finance Firms Screen Out Meritless Cases

Fact Sheet: To Rein in Costs, Get Insurance Defense Lawyers Under Control!

Spotlight: How do contingency-fee attorneys screen out frivolous lawsuits?

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Fact Sheet: Facts About "LARA"- An Anti-Civil Justice Bill That Defies Common Sense

Factsheet: COURTHOUSE CORNERSTONE: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

White Paper: Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

Fact Sheet: Lawyers' Income and Fees

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

Impact: Focus on Housing (Winter 2016)

Impact: Focus on Federal Rules (Spring 2014)

Litigation/Lawsuits

How Low Can They Go? State Civil, Tort, Med Mal, Products Caseloads and Jury Trials

Dark Clouds Fading Light

Study: Moving Hazards: Transportation Systems and Environmental Disasters

Fact Sheet: Dropping Like a Rock;Tort Litigation In The United States

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Kicked Out of Court in 2023; 50 Cases Showing the Real-World Impact of Forced Arbitration

Backgrounder: Forced Invasions Of Privacy; The Attack on Third-Party Litigation Financing

Spotlight: Lawsuits Are Extremely Rare Following Truck Crashes

Civil Justice Highlights From There Are No Accidents

Spotlight: Litigation Finance Firms Screen Out Meritless Cases

Spotlight: Access to our Civil Courts is Critically Important for Sexual Assault Survivors

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Worth, Ken Feinberg and Trial Lawyers: The Real Story

Lifesavers 2021

Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Study: Limiting Lawsuits; Small Businesses' Least Concern

Group Letter to Congress Opposing Business Immunity

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Study: How the Cash Rich Insurance Industry Fakes Crises and Invents Social Inflation

Fact Sheet: Litigation’s Safety Role; Auto Recalls and Beyond

Spotlight: How do contingency-fee attorneys screen out frivolous lawsuits?

Spotlight: 75% of Tort Judgments Are Less Than $12,200

Spotlight: Why are tort lawsuits important?

Spotlight: Constitution Day

Fact Sheet: Cases Tossed Out of Court Because of Forced Arbitration Causes and Class Action Bans

The Importance of Civil Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors and the Devastating Consequences of Tort Reform

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives on Cy Pres

Fact Sheet: Civil Lawsuits Lead to Better Safer Law Enforcement

Fact Sheet: How the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act Will be Used to Block Civil Rights Cases

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Civil Justice Bills

NFIB: The Unimportance of "Tort Reform" to Small Businesses

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Class Action Bill, H.R. 985

Group Letter to House Judiciary Committee Opposing Civil Justice Bills

Opposition to the Federal "Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act"

Fact Sheet: Civil, Tort and Medical Malpractice Caseloads

Briefing Book: Tort Litigation By The Numbers

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Fact Sheet: Facts About "LARA"- An Anti-Civil Justice Bill That Defies Common Sense

Comments on the Proposed Discovery Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Fact Sheet: Civil Rights Class Actions: A Singularly Effective Tool to Combat Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Federal Rule Changes: What's at Stake

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

Factsheet: COURTHOUSE CORNERSTONE: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

White Paper: Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

White Paper: What You Need to Know About... Punitive Damages

Impact: Focus on Immigrants and Civil Justice (Fall 2015)

Impact: Focus on Federal Rules (Spring 2014)

Impact: Focus on Abuse (Winter, 2012)

Impact: Focus on the Tort System By the Numbers (Winter 2006-2007)

Impact: Focus on Secrecy and Confidential Settlements (Spring 2001)

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Women's Lives

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Seniors' Lives

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Children's Lives

Fact Sheet: How Corporations Abuse Our Civil Justice System

Media Coverage

Worth, Ken Feinberg and Trial Lawyers: The Real Story

White Paper: Headline Blues: Civil Justice In The Age of New Media

Letter on Today Show Blasting Commentary on Health Care and "Tort Reform"

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

Letter to Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes

Letter to Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes

White Paper: Reading Between the Headlines: The Media and Jury Verdicts

Medical Malpractice

Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice By the Numbers

Death Spiral: Private Equity Ownership Of Health Care

Spotlight: Surveys Show That Physician Burnout Is Dropping And Job Satisfaction Is Improving

Jury Excision: Medical Malpractice, Forced Arbitration, and Alternative Compensation Systems

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice “Caps” can Harm Patient Safety and Increase Health Care Costs

Fact Sheet: The Impact of “Tort Reform” (Caps) on Physician Location and Health Care Spending

Spotlight: The Endless Price-Gouging Of Doctors

Tucker Carlson vs. Joanne Doroshow

Spotlight: Caps on Damages are Dangerous

Spotlight: The Myth of COVID Health Care Lawsuits

Spotlight: Doctors Believe that Lawsuit Outcomes are Fair

Fact Sheet: Doctors Come Clean About Lawsuits

Spotlight: When Laws Take Compensation Decisions Away From Judges And Juries Tragedy Results

Spotlight: The ABCs of Tort Reform Fails

Spotlight: Unnecessary Hourly Billing by Insurance Lawyers is Causing Insurance Costs to Rise

Spotlight: Black Patients Are More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Unsafe Care

Spotlight: Tort Reform Has A Disparate Impact On The Elderly, The Unemployed And Women

Spotlight: Medical Errors and Covid-19

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Fact Sheet: The Sad Truth About Hospitals, Patient Safety And Racism

Group Letter Objecting to DoD Rule on Military Medical Malpractice Claims

Fact Sheet: The Disparate Impact of Tort Reform on the Elderly, the Unemployed, and Women

Fact Sheet: To Rein in Costs, Get Insurance Defense Lawyers Under Control!

Fact Sheet: The Myth of Nuclear Verdicts

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Fact Sheet: State Covid-19 Health Care Immunity Laws

Top 15 Things We Learned From Our Deep Dive Into CBO’s New Medical Malpractice Working Paper

Spotlight: Industry Insiders Long Ago Admitted - Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Spotlight: Feres Doctrine

Spotlight: The Chance of Dying Due To a Medical Error

FAQ: The Feres Doctrine

Top 22 Celebrities Harmed By Medical Malpractice

Fact Sheet: Physician Shortages Loom While Malpractice Premiums and Claims are at Record Lows

A "Retort" To The White House Budget's Medical Malpractice Proposals

Group Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Statement of Joanne Doroshow on Trump Budget Medical Malpractice Proposals

Fact Sheet: Veterans Will Be Harmed by Federal Medical Malpractice Bill

Group Letter to House Judiciary Comm. Opposing Med Mal Nursing Home Drug Bill

Fact Sheet: H.R. 1215 - The “Protecting Access to Unsafe Care Act of 2017”

Fact Sheets: Why Care About Medical Malpractice in ACA Replacement Bills

New Med Mal Studies From Americans for Insurance Reform

Premium Deceit 2016: The Failure of "Tort Reform" To Cut Insurance Prices

Stable Losses Unstable Rates 2016

Fact Sheet: Civil, Tort and Medical Malpractice Caseloads

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R.4771, the "HEALTH Act of 2016"

FAQ: Civil Justice And Prison Health Care

Fact Sheet: New Studies Show: "Caps" On Damages Ruin Health Care

Fact Sheet: "Caps" Do Not Lower Insurance Premiums for Doctors (and Insurance Insiders Admit It)

Excerpts From New Article From Physician/ Clinical Professor At Columbia, Critiquing Existence Of “Defensive Medicine"

Critique by Physician/Clinical Professor at Columbia of AAOS Survey on "Defensive Medicine"

Study: Calling Their Bluff; Fraud and "Defensive Medicine"

Fact Sheet: CJ&D's Critique of CBO's Medical Malpractice Letter

Study: True Risk: Medical Liability, Malpractice Insurance and Health Care

Fact Sheet: Facts About Emergency Room Malpractice

Fact Sheet: Celebrities and Medical Malpractice

Fact Sheet: New England Journal of Medicine: The Legal System Works!

Fact Sheet: New England Journal of Medicine: Litigation Against Hospitals Improves Patient Safety

Study: Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry

Fact Sheet: List of "Tort Reform" Laws for Hospitals and Doctors that are Already on the Books

White Paper: Hypocrites of “Tort Reform”: Doctors and Organized Medicine

Fact Sheet: The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine

Impact: Focus on Infectious Diseases (Summer 2015)

Impact: Focus on Obamacare (Winter 2013)

Impact: Focus on Medical Malpractice (Spring, 2011)

Politics

Spotlight: Civil Justice is Bi Partisan

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Spotlight: Real Conservatives Like Contingency Fees

Fact Sheet: Examples of Important Cases Brought by State Attorneys General

White Paper: AMERICA’S WORST TOP MODEL; ALEC’s Model Civil Justice Legislation

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Snapshot of Justice: Public Rejects Extreme "Tort Reform" Agenda

The Secret Chamber - The Inner Workings of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Hijacking of an Election

White Paper: Chamber of Horrors (The Influence of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the Outcome of the 2004 Elections)

Impact: Focus on Hot Topics (Winter 2012/13)

Impact: Focus on Elections 2010 (Winter, 2011)

Impact: Focus on Civil Justice and the Bush Years (Fall/Winter 2008)

Impact: Focus on Indebted Politicians (Summer 2006)

Impact: Focus on Election 2004 (Winter 2004-5)

Impact: Focus on Politics & Money (Winter 2003)

Impact: Focus on Conservatives (Winter 2002)

Polls/Public Opinion

NFIB: The Unimportance of "Tort Reform" to Small Businesses

Snapshot of Justice: Public Rejects Extreme "Tort Reform" Agenda

Impact: Focus on Hot Topics (Winter 2012/13)

Product Safety/Liability

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Group Letter to House Judiciary on Bankruptcy Abuse Bill

Spotlight: New Trick By Wealthy Corporate Fat Cats to Cheat Victims: Dummy Bankruptcy

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - and Other Transportation Hazards

Spotlight: Products and Practices Made Safer As a Result of Lawsuits

Race

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Spotlight: Black Patients Are More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Unsafe Care

Fact Sheet: The Sad Truth About Hospitals, Patient Safety And Racism

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Discrimination, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical To Remedy Financial Discrimination Against Minorities

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Racial Discrimination

Fact Sheet: The Importance of Private Enforcement Examples of Civil Rights Consumer Class Actions

Fact Sheet: Civil Rights Class Actions: A Singularly Effective Tool to Combat Discrimination

Fact Sheets: Race and Civil Justice

White Paper: The Racial Implications of Tort Reform

Statement by Joanne Doroshow before the Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus

Study: “Tort Reform” and Racial Prejudice: A Troublesome Connection

Securities

Spotlight: Securities Class Actions Have Been Dropping For Years

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Consumer Letter to Congress on CFPB Funding

White Paper: Legal Abandon – How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To Do About It

Impact: Focus on Stoneridge, Enron and the Supreme Court (Summer 2007)

Fact Sheet: Our Legal and Regulatory System Make U.S. Markets the Strongest in the World

Testimony

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before the FDA on Generic Drugs

Tort Reform Groups/Hypocrites

Nuclear Fizzle: How Jury Grievance Reports Whitewash Corporate Misconduct and Dehumanize Victims

Civil Justice Highlights From There Are No Accidents

Top 30 “Tort Reform” Hypocrites of 2018!

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

Spotlight: “Tort Reformers” Promote Myths about the Tort System

Impact: Focus on ALEC (Summer 2013)

Tort Reforms

Jury Excision: Medical Malpractice, Forced Arbitration, and Alternative Compensation Systems

Tucker Carlson vs. Joanne Doroshow

Spotlight: Civil Justice is Bi Partisan

Spotlight: The ABCs of Tort Reform Fails

Spotlight: Tort Reform Has A Disparate Impact On The Elderly, The Unemployed And Women

Fact Sheet: New York Has The Worst Wrongful Death Law In The Nation

Spotlight: How Does Tort Reform Violate Conservative Principles?

Spotlight: "Tort Reform" Is Corporate Welfare

Spotlight: Academic Study - “Tort Reforms” Actually Lead to An Increase in Claims “Severity”

Fact Sheet: State Tort Limits In Sexual Assault Cases; Caps and Statutes of Limitations

Fact Sheet: Federal Preemption of Tort Law

"We The Plaintiffs" -- A Retort

Spotlight: “Tort Reformers” Promote Myths about the Tort System

Towers Perrin: "Grade F" For Fantastically Inflated "Tort Cost" Report

Snapshot of Justice: Public Rejects Extreme "Tort Reform" Agenda

Glossary of “Tort Reforms”

Women, Children, Seniors

Backgrounder: Caps on Damages and Who’s Hurt Most

Backgrounder: How Secondary Asbestos Exposure Devastates Families

Spotlight: Access to our Civil Courts is Critically Important for Sexual Assault Survivors

Spotlight: Tort Reform Has A Disparate Impact On The Elderly, The Unemployed And Women

Fact Sheet: The Disparate Impact of Tort Reform on the Elderly, the Unemployed, and Women

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

The Importance of Civil Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors and the Devastating Consequences of Tort Reform

Workers

Backgrounder: The Importance of the Civil Justice System

Backgrounder: How Secondary Asbestos Exposure Devastates Families

Spotlight: Asbestos Exposure Will Be a Problem for Many Years

Spotlight: Seasonal Low Wage Workers are Routinely Cheated

Spotlight: Workers' Compensation During Covid

Spotlight: OSHA Failed to Protect Workers During the Pandemic

Spotlight: Worker Covid Deaths are Not Being Tracked

System Letdown: Worker Safety, Harm and Compensation in the Age of Covid-19

Spotlight: When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Trump’s Top 50 Anti-Civil Justice Scorecard

Study: Bad Actors Opening Badly; Why Legal Accountability Is So Important

Fact Sheet: Unsafe Harbors; The Problem with Unsafe Immunity Proposals

Spotlight: Celebrating Workers' Rights And Safety

Spotlight: Drastic Worker' Comp Cutbacks Plummet Workers Into Poverty

Spotlight: Nursing- A Highly Dangerous Occupation

FAQ: ASBESTOS – THE AWFUL TRUTH

Group Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Worker Safety Bill

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Worker Safety, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Civil Rights Class Actions: A Singularly Effective Tool to Combat Discrimination

Study: BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK: Washington’s State-Run Workers Compensation System

Study: Deadly Trade: Construction Safety in Illinois Since Repeal of the Structural Work Act

Snapshot of Justice: The Failure of Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation - A Cautionary Tale - National

Impact: Focus on Immigrants and Civil Justice (Fall 2015)

Impact: Focus on Workers (Fall 2002)

Fact Sheet: Workers Compensation Systems: Plagued By Retaliation Against Workers

Fact Sheet: The Problem with Independent Medical Exams

Fact Sheet: Workers Compensation Systems: Delays, Incompetence and Bias

Product Safety/Liability

Autos

Spotlight: Congress: Automakers Are Using Parts Made By Forced Labor

Spotlight: Tesla Keeps Recalling Cars

Spotlight: Deadly Takata Airbags Are Still On The Road

Spotlight: Autonomous Cars Are Still Unsafe

Study: Big Trucks - An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

Spotlight: Record-Breaking Number of People Killed by Big Trucks in the U.S.

Spotlight: Elon Musk's Crash Course

Spotlight: As Vehicles Become More Powerful, Pedestrian Deaths Increase

Spotlight: More Than a Dozen Auto Safety Rules are Years Overdue

Spotlight: Forced Arbitration Creates Terrifying New Travel Dangers

Spotlight: When it Comes to Auto Safety, Litigation Plays a Critical Role

Fact Sheet: Autonomous Vehicles and The Importance of Banning Forced Arbitration Clauses

Coalition Letter to House on AVs and Forced Arbitration

Fact Sheet: Litigation’s Safety Role; Auto Recalls and Beyond

Group Letter to House Opposing FAA Trucking Amendments

Fact Sheet: Strengthening Federal AV Car Bills, Liability, Arbitration and Preemption

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Consumer Letter to GM to Create Compensation Fund

Impact: Focus on General Motors (Summer 2014)

Impact: Focus on Auto Safety (Spring/Summer 2010)

Impact: Focus on Auto Insurance (Spring 2002)

Drugs

Spotlight: The Great Big-Pharmacy Rip-Off

Study: PILLS; Big Pharma, the FDA, and Problem Medicine

Spotlight: Generic ADHD Drugs May Not Work

Spotlight: Heart Implants: The Most Dangerous Medical Implants Ever Made

Spotlight: Medication Errors Occur in Half of All Surgeries

Comments to FDA on Generic Drugs and Industry Proposal

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before the FDA on Generic Drugs

Spotlight: Seniors Are Overprescribed Psychiatric Drugs

Comments on Labeling Changes for Generic Drugs

White Paper: America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry

White Paper: Repeating a Tragic Blunder: Wisconsin's Drug and Device Immunity Bill

Fact Sheet: Wyeth v. Levine - Key Findings

Study: HEART SICK - Hazardous Heart Devices and the Importance of Litigation

Study: THE BITTEREST PILL – How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women and How Lawsuits Save Their Lives

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

Study: A Tragic Blunder: Michigan’s Drug Industry Immunity Law

Impact: Focus on Drug Companies (Spring 2005)

Food

Spotlight: Our Food Contains Thousands of Uninspected Ingredients

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Group Letter in Opposition to the DARK Act, Banning State GMO Labeling Requirements

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

White Paper: Our Fatal Food Attraction: Regulatory Failures and the Civil Justice System

Impact: Focus on Infectious Diseases (Summer 2015)

Impact: Focus on Food Safety (Fall 2006)

Guns

Spotlight: No Special Treatment For Gun Makers

Impact: Focus on Guns (Spring/Summer 2003)

Fact Sheet: Our Children are Not Immune from Gun Violence: Why Should the Gun Industry be Immune from Responsibility?

Product Safety & Liability

Spotlight: Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Spotlight: Academic Study - Product Liability Leads to Safer Products

Spotlight: LED Lighting Can Cause Health Problems

Group Letter in Opposition to S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act

White Paper: State Attorneys General: The People's Champion

White Paper: Corporate Empowerment and the Decline of Public Safety

Tobacco

The CALA Files: The Secret Campaign by Big Tobacco and Other Major Industries to Take Away Your Rights

Fact Sheet: Big Tobacco's Covert Role in "Tort Reform"

Toys

White Paper: Kids N' Safe Play: Regulation, Litigation and Playground Safety

Letter to Mattel from Parents Re: Toys with Lead

Impact: Focus on Children's Products (Summer/Fall 2008)

Warning Labels

Fact Sheet: Warning Labels Save Lives

Women, Children, Seniors

Children

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow , CJ&D Executive Director, on Maryland's No-Fault Injury Fund Proposal

White Paper: Kids N' Safe Play: Regulation, Litigation and Playground Safety

Impact: Focus on Abuse (Winter, 2012)

Impact: Focus on Children's Products (Summer/Fall 2008)

Fact Sheet: Compensation Caps – The War on Women, Children, Seniors and the Poor

Fact Sheet: Our Children are Not Immune from Gun Violence: Why Should the Gun Industry be Immune from Responsibility?

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Children's Lives

Seniors

Spotlight: Nursing Homes Harm Short-Term Patients

Fact Sheet: The Epidemic of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Letter: Stop Forced Arbitration in Nursing Homes

Spotlight: Seniors Are Overprescribed Psychiatric Drugs

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Protect Patients and Health Care Providers

Testimony of Jason Held Before the IL House Aging Committee on November 26, 2007: "Protecting Illinois Seniors-Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect"

Impact: Focus on Abuse (Winter, 2012)

Fact Sheet: Compensation Caps – The War on Women, Children, Seniors and the Poor

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Seniors' Lives

Women

Spotlight: Female Doctors Are Safer For Female Patients

Spotlight: Congress Finally Cracked the Forced Arbitration Wall

Spotlight: Preventable Death Rates for U.S. Women Among Highest in World

Spotlight: When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Spotlight: Women Suffer Most From Unsafe Drugs

Spotlight: “Caps” Discriminate Against Women

Fact Sheet: State Tort Limits In Sexual Assault Cases; Caps and Statutes of Limitations

First Class Relief: How Class Actions Benefit Those Who Are Injured, Defrauded and Violated

Fact Sheet: Malpractice, Discrimination, ACA Replacement

Fact Sheet: Class Actions Are Critical to Remedy Workplace Gender Discrimination

CJ&D Medal of Justice Award, October 10, 2012: Amy Miller

Governor's Budget Proposal - The War on Women and Children

Study: THE BITTEREST PILL – How Drug Companies Fail To Protect Women and How Lawsuits Save Their Lives

Impact: Focus on Sports (Spring 2013)

Impact: Focus on Women (Summer 2012)

Fact Sheet: Compensation Caps – The War on Women, Children, Seniors and the Poor

Fact Sheet: Lawsuits Save Women's Lives

Tort Reforms

Collateral Source

Fact Sheet: Weakening the Collateral Source Rule - Dangerous and Unwise

Compensation Caps

Fact Sheet: Caps On Compensatory Damages: A State Law Summary

Backgrounder: Caps on Damages and Who’s Hurt Most

Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice “Caps” can Harm Patient Safety and Increase Health Care Costs

Fact Sheet: The Impact of “Tort Reform” (Caps) on Physician Location and Health Care Spending

Spotlight: Caps on Damages are Dangerous

Fact Sheet: Understanding Non-Economic Damages

Spotlight: Industry Insiders Long Ago Admitted - Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates

Spotlight: “Caps” Discriminate Against Women

Fact Sheet: Florida Supreme Court Opinion Finding "Cap" Unconstitutional

New Consumer Study Debunks Myths About California's Medical Malpractice "Cap" and Access to Patient Care

Study: Exposing Medical Myths: "Caps" and Physician Supply

Executive Summary - Exposing Medical Myths: "Caps" and Physician Supply

Fact Sheet: "Caps" Do Not Lower Insurance Premiums for Doctors (and Insurance Insiders Admit It)

Fact Sheet: Compensation Caps – The War on Women, Children, Seniors and the Poor

Constitutionality

Fact Sheet: Caps On Compensatory Damages: A State Law Summary

Spotlight: How Does Tort Reform Violate Conservative Principles?

Fact Sheet: Cases Where "Tort Reforms" Have Been Held Unconstitutional

Fact Sheet: Florida Supreme Court Opinion Finding "Cap" Unconstitutional

Study: Exposing Medical Myths: "Caps" and Physician Supply

Fact Sheet: Wisconsin High Court Strikes Down Cap

Non-Economic Damages

Fact Sheet: Caps On Compensatory Damages: A State Law Summary

Fact Sheet: Understanding Non-Economic Damages

Fact Sheet: Florida Supreme Court Opinion Finding "Cap" Unconstitutional

Impact: Focus on Women (Summer 2012)

Impact: Focus on Private Justice (Winter 2002)

Punitive Damages

Fact Sheet: Punitive Damages: Rare, Reasonable and Limited (2011)

Judges/Juries

Judges

Spotlight: Judges Are Breaking the Law and Harming Injured Victims

Spotlight: The Late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on The Right to Civil Jury Trial

Group Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3624, "The Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act"

Group Letter to Congress Opposing LARA

Fact Sheet: Facts About "LARA"- An Anti-Civil Justice Bill That Defies Common Sense

Consumer Group Letter to Congress Opposing Rule 11 Bill

FAQ About State Judicial Elections

Juries

How Low Can They Go? State Civil, Tort, Med Mal, Products Caseloads and Jury Trials

Spotlight: Trucking Industry: “Large Jury Verdicts Are Our Fault”

Study: Big Trucks - An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

Spotlight: Disappearing Juries Threatens Democracy

Fact Sheet: The Myth of Nuclear Verdicts

Spotlight: Constitution Day

Briefing Book: Tort Litigation By The Numbers

Snapshot of Justice: Jury Verdicts - Consistent and Conservative

Impact: Focus on Civil Juries (Fall 2009)

Fact Sheet: Safeguarding a Pillar of American Freedom - An Historical Primer on the Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases

Testimony

Testimony: Congress

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on the Judiciary

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health (July 2006)

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the House Committee on Small Business

Statement of Joanne Doroshow before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Hearing on Small Business Litigation Reform

Statement of Joanne Doroshow before the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law

Testimony: States

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow , CJ&D Executive Director, on Maryland's No-Fault Injury Fund Proposal

Statement of Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, on New Hampshire's Early Offer Law

Joanne Doroshow, CJ&D Executive Director, Testifies Before New Hampshire Committee; Condemns Unethical and Unfair Medical Malpractice Proposal

Testimony of Joanne Doroshow Before New York City Council on Medical Malpractice

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before Connecticut Public Health Committee on No-Fault Medical Malpractice

Testimony of Jason Held Before the IL House Aging Committee on November 26, 2007: "Protecting Illinois Seniors-Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect"

Testimony of Amber Hard Before the IL Senate Judiciary Committee

Statement by Joanne Doroshow before the Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus

Statement of Joanne Doroshow Before the Boston Bar Association

Statement by Joanne Doroshow before the Florida Governor's Select Task Force on Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance

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