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…
News & Updates: Health Care
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…
Plaintiffs firms spent more than $34 million on COVID-19 ads, tort reform group says
Top Pa. election official to resign after agency bungled requirement for constitutional amendment
BREAKING NEWS: PA Department of State failed to advertise constitutional amendment to allow a two-year window to bring child sexual abuse claims. Secretary Boockvar resigns over this omission.
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Constitutional Amendments Moving
It takes a lot to amend Pennsylvania’s Constitution. The proposed amendment must pass two subsequent sessions of the General Assembly and then be placed before the voters in a referendum. In 2021, several proposed constitutional amendments are making their way toward the ballot. Last week, the House passed legislation that would amend the state’s Constitution…