Home Page Slider Archives - PA Coalition for Civil Justice Reform https://paforciviljusticereform.org/category/home-page-slider/ Improving the state's civil justice system Wed, 26 Dec 2018 20:22:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 In Pa., the era of big litigation isn’t over | Opinion https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/09/07/in-pa-the-era-of-big-litigation-isnt-over-opinion/ https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/09/07/in-pa-the-era-of-big-litigation-isnt-over-opinion/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:47:29 +0000 https://paforciviljusticereform.org/?p=941 By Curt Schroder via PennLive Remember when President Bill Clinton declared: “The era of big government is over!”? Well, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal declaring “The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning”caused quite a splash earlier this summer. However, like President Clinton’s declaration, this one does not stand up to closer scrutiny…

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]]> https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/09/07/in-pa-the-era-of-big-litigation-isnt-over-opinion/feed/ 0 PA Should Not Use Opioid Crisis as Lawsuit Cash Cow https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/08/04/pa-should-not-use-opioid-crisis-as-lawsuit-cash-cow/ https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/08/04/pa-should-not-use-opioid-crisis-as-lawsuit-cash-cow/#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:42:23 +0000 https://paforciviljusticereform.org/?p=886 Harkening back to the 1990s when states sued the big tobacco companies to offset medical expenses incurred treating tobacco related illnesses, two legislative resolutions are currently in play urging the governor and Attorney General to sue pharmaceutical companies over opioid addiction.  HR 363 and a yet to be introduced companion resolution in the Senate have…

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]]> https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/06/08/welcome-to-pccjr/feed/ 0 Restore Integrity to Asbestos Lawsuits https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/06/07/restore-integrity-to-asbestos-lawsuits/ https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/06/07/restore-integrity-to-asbestos-lawsuits/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:22:48 +0000 https://paforciviljusticereform.org/?p=795 A 2014 bankruptcy case, In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, revealed the dark underside of asbestos litigation. The judge in Garlock found that plaintiff’s attorneys engage in a systemic manipulation of asbestos exposure evidence. Asbestos injury cases proceed on two tracks. On one track cases are filed in court against solvent defendants who often have little…

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]]> https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/06/07/restore-integrity-to-asbestos-lawsuits/feed/ 0 False Claims Act https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/03/16/false-claims-act-bill-to-be-introduced-again-sponsor-confident-in-passage-if-he-can-get-it-to-a-vote/ https://paforciviljusticereform.org/2017/03/16/false-claims-act-bill-to-be-introduced-again-sponsor-confident-in-passage-if-he-can-get-it-to-a-vote/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:38:43 +0000 https://paforciviljusticereform.org/?p=562 A staple of recent annual legislative sessions has been the introduction of a state equivalent to the federal False Claims Act (FCA), and one Pennsylvania lawmaker has said he plans to soon bring such a bill back to the floor for consideration. But opinions remain divided on how that legislation will benefit the state. Democratic…

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