In the 2014 midterm elections, campaign issues have ranged from immigration to healthcare, and from the military to education. Though it remained largely on the sidelines, tort reform remained a central issue for some candidates. Here, we will outline the role that tort reform has played in a few races this election cycle. First, the
A few weeks ago, the Center for American Progress published a short video detailing the deleterious effects tort reform has on public safety in Texas. Here’s what they had to say about their video: “A new video from Legal Progress, the legal policy program at the Center for American Progress, documents the damaging effects of
Last month, members of the US Congress sent letters to 14 generic drug manufacturers, demanding explanation for the recent, dramatic spike in the price of some 20 generic drugs. The Generic Pharmaceutical Association, a trade group representing the generic pharmaceutical industry, blames the increase on simple market forces, but many are suspicious of that response.
After several states passed tort reform legislation in 2004, the Economic Policy Institute published a report titled “The frivolous case for tort law change: Opponents of the legal system exaggerate its costs, ignore its benefits,” that revealed a number of important flaws in the argument for the necessity for and benefit from tort reform. Many
The recent approval of a drug for use in combating leukemia by the US Food and Drug Administration has shed light on the relatively controversial, albeit common practice by that organization of using surrogate markers of efficacy for determining the benefit of a given drug or therapy. Some believe this constitutes a low bar for
Tort reform has sullied the political landscape of this country for years. A set of proposed laws and regulations at both the state and federal level, one central aim of tort reform is to limit the compensation an injured party can recover in a personal injury lawsuit, or “tort,” attempting to “save” health care from
Because Eli Lilly, manufacturer of the psychiatric drug Cymbalta (duloxetine), has failed to provide adequate instruction as to properly taper the drug at discontinuation, thousands of patients across the country and around the world have faced serious withdrawal symptoms unnecessarily, prompting large numbers of Cymbalta withdrawal lawsuits. According to MedlinePlus, a medical encyclopedia curated by
We’re in the process of building resources for those injured in car accidents on the East side, including Bothell, Washington.
Cruise lines take advantage of favorable contract law to make sure their legal liability is limited. So don’t place any bets in favor of the plaintiffs: MIAMI – Lawsuits are already filed in this month’s disastrous Triumph cruise ship voyage, but the legal deck is stacked in parent company Carnival’s favor, mainly because of the
Good news for opponents of mandatory arbitration clauses. In an en banc decision issued on January 17, 2013, the Washington Supreme Court held that binding arbitration clauses in insurance contracts are unenforceable under a state statute, RCW 48.18.200(1)(b). The Court further held that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1012, shields the relevant state statute