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TORT REFORMS DON'T CUT LIABILITY RATES, STUDY SAYS.(Citizens for Corporate Accountability and Individual Rights study)(Statistical Data Included)
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July 19, 1999|
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Insurance premiums have not dropped in states where tort reform measures have been enacted, a new study by a consumers group concludes.
By comparing tort reform measures enacted by states since 1985 with the states' insurance rates, the report found that tort reform has had no impact on commercial rates. This finding contradicts claims by tort reform supporters that laws restricting litigation will reduce insurance costs, according to the study, issued by the Citizens for Corporate Accountability & Individual Rights, a New York-based non-profit consumer group.
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Tort reform returns to the front burner , Chamber, lawyers, insurance groups all targeting issue
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Barbour vows comprehensive tort reform in 2004
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Barbour vows comprehensive tort reform in 2004: governor believes majority of House members support effort.
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GOVERNMENTS CAN HELP IN TORT REFORM.
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; ...governments can be key players in state tort reform coalitions, and they stand to gain...those efforts, according to an Illinois tort reform advocate. Speaking to the Public Risk...corporations often are at the heart of tort reform coalitions, local governments and non...
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Tort reform revisited. (Another Perspective) (column)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
; Tort Reform Revisited Many of us who rejoiced during the much-publicized tort reform "revolution" of the 1980's, and who have...and they have not gone home empty-handed. Tort reform, only a short time ago a favorite media topic...
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MILDER TORT REFORM, TRENTON STYLE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...County, NJ) 03-08-1995 MILDER TORT REFORM, TRENTON STYLE -- PACKAGE PENDING...to fight your case in court. But the tort reform proposals being considered by Republicans...breath that Washington will produce tort reform," said Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr...
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STATE HOUSE REVIVES TORT REFORM ELEMENTS / HOUSE AMENDS BILL WITH PROVISIONS AXED IN SENATE
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; ...Representatives accepted key elements of his "tort reform" bill as an amendment to another measure...years in the House. The proposed "tort reform" legislation would limit punitive damages...of the business coalition supporting tort reform, had this comment Thursday after the...
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Tort reform iron won't get hotter.(Tort reform law)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance
; ...opportunity for advocates of federal tort reform opened a little wider, courtesy of...president who is arguably the most pro-tort reform chief executive to ever inhabit the White House, there's no guarantee that tort reform can pass, under the best of circumstances...
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Tort reform takes center stage in Oklahoma political battle
Newspaper article from: THE JOURNAL RECORD
; ...he gets it. He knows what the tort reform fight is really about, and he...door-to-door battle over tort reform this year. Once the people of Oklahoma are educated regarding what tort reform really is, voters will reject...
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