by PPN | Dec 22, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Year-end report sheds light on “Judicial Hellholes” The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) end-of-year “Judicial Hellholes” report offers a public glimpse at the most unfriendly jurisdictions for those defending themselves against civil litigation, including...
by PPN | Dec 5, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, News, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2017 – The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2017-2018 Judicial Hellholes® report today, naming courts in Florida, California, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Louisiana among the nation’s “most unfair”...
by PPN | Jan 30, 2017 | Missouri, National, Newsletter
No false alarm on medical liability issues Responding to a Washington Post article earlier this month that charged advocates of medical liability reform with unnecessarily sounding the alarms on the need for fixes, the HCLA submitted a letter to the editor outlining...
by PPN | Jan 16, 2017 | Missouri, News
With labor and ethics reform making up the majority of the General Assembly’s first two weeks in session, a few other bills at the top of Republican leadership’s docket may not have grabbed as much attention. However, they could be just as impactful for the state’s...
by PPN | May 8, 2015 | Missouri, News
Limits on monetary damages in medical malpractice lawsuits have been reinstated in Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon signed Senate Bill 239 into law Thursday at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. The state’s Supreme Court overturned the previous...
by PPN | Mar 12, 2015 | Missouri, News
SB 239, which creates a statutory cause of action for damages against health care providers, has left the Senate and moves to the House for consideration. Bill supporters say the bill will reduce incentives for “frivolous lawsuits.” Senate leaders released a statement...
