The compelling documentary Hot Coffee tells the story of how corporations and insurance companies have utilized so-called “tort reform” to limit access to justice for injured...
Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Citizen Participation Act (HB 2973) giving protection to parties targeted by Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or “SLAPP” suits...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released the Pool Safely: Simple Steps Save Lives campaign, which includes the number of drowning and near-drowning incidents that have...
For profit nursing homes are exactly that: run for a profit. It’s a business and the bottom line matters. As much as we would like to believe that nursing homes strive to provide quality...
I love sprouts. They are crunchy, delicious and usually healthy. But not when they come with a side of a rare strain of salmonella. Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a...
Who has not heard about the McDonald’s Coffee case? As a joke? As an example of a frivolous lawsuit? Or as an example of how trial lawyers are attacking corporate America and...
A tour bus carrying Asian tourists headed to Flushing, New York rear-ended a flatbed tractor trailer truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, killing the bus driver, Mr. Bo Hua Tan, and...
Along with the historically low numbers for overall Minnesota highway deaths, the numbers of bicyclists saw a decrease. For bicyclists the number of riders crashes went down to 898 from 981 in 2009...
Odor reports, including musty, moldy odor, has prompted the recall of one lot of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets. The recalled product was manufactured in February, 2009.
This voluntary measure...
I may take a pledge that I won't talk to anyone about tort reform if they haven't seen this documentary. If they can watch it and still support tort reform that's fine. I would guess that they are...