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business Health Care The price of a life: Congresswoman’s death is drawing attention to Texas malpractice cap With a $250,000 limit in Texas, lawyers are skeptical of taking medical malpractice ...
Landry signed Senate Bill 231 that deals with "collateral source" rules and limits on how much money an injured person can ...
The cap on damages could take the form of limiting liability to an amount equivalent to the out-of-pocket costs of monitoring security and taking reasonably necessary steps to prevent identity theft ...
The signs are clear as Georgia lawmakers prepare to resume the 2025 General Assembly session on Monday after a weeklong recess: Gov. Brian Kemp is making tort reform a high priority. Even before ...
Louisiana lawmakers and officials are debating once again over auto insurance and tort reform during the upcoming legislative session. Here's what those terms mean.
What is “tort reform?” Kemp said his proposal, unveiled Thursday, is a way to rein in lawsuits he and supporters believe have gotten out of hand in recent years, resulting in massive jury payouts.
With Republicans holding 100 House seats and 33 in Senate, should have enough to make tort reform happen.
Johnson & Johnson’s failure to win approval of an $8 billion bankruptcy plan for its talc liabilities is the latest court ruling to pare back the use of chapter 11 to resolve mass torts and ...
A few states are pursuing tort reform to combat lawsuit abuse that drives up insurance costs and threatens trucking businesses.
Maryland’s top court will consider whether the limit on damages in personal injury lawsuits against the state passes constitutional muster when the injured plaintiff’s costs far exceed the ...
With Republicans holding 100 House seats and 33 in Senate, should have enough to make tort reform happen.
On Nov. 2, we will reassess one of our basic rights. As you hear more about caps on noneconomic malpractice damages, ask two questions: What is the source of the information, and do they have a ...