The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association’s PMA Perspective recently hosted a roundtable discussion on Covid-19 liability protections. Guests included PA Senate Judiciary Chair Lisa Baker, PA House Judiciary Chair Rob Kauffman, PA Health Care Association President & CEO Zach Shamberg, and Curt Schroder, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform. You can watch and…
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New Covid-19 Liability Protection Bill Introduced
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Lisa Baker (R-Luzerne), has re-introduced PCCJR supported Covid-19 liability protection legislation (SB 273). This bill will protect manufacturers, health care organizations, and businesses open to the public by shielding them from predatory Covid-19 injury lawsuits. In November 2020, Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a similar bill (HB 1737). Thanks to the heroic…
Plaintiffs Firms Spend Over $34 Million on Covid-19 Advertisements
The trial bar clearly plans to profit off the pandemic. The American Tort Reform Association released a report revealing that from March through December of 2020, 176,053 advertisements for legal services and/or soliciting legal claims mentioning COVID-19 or coronavirus aired in the United States at an estimated cost of $34.4 million. Pennsylvania is at the top…