Days after approval of SB 68 in Georgia, state senators in neighboring South Carolina approved their own tort reform bill, S.

A tort claim, according to Cornell Law School’s legal definition, is an act that causes injury or harm to another party, resulting in a civil wrong for which the courts can assign liability. In this ...

Do you know what kind of car insurance you or your plaintiff carries? Is it full tort or limited tort? Pennsylvania law permits a choice between ...

What is the purpose of tort reform? Tort reform refers to proposed changes to the civil justice system with the goal of limiting victims' ability to file tort lawsuits or limiting the amount of ...

Supporters of Senate Bill 68 argued tort reform is needed to reverse a pattern of excessive jury awards they said are driving ...

A controversial tort reform bill may reduce lawsuits and jury awards, but there's discussion on whether it would reduce rising insurance premiums.

Mass tort cases present unique challenges for both plaintiff’s and defense counsel. Unlike a class-action case, where a ...

Georgia's House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican-backed tort reform bill that Democrats argue will reduce Georgians' access to the courts. Supporters of the bill say that tort reform is ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - After calling it his top priority for the ongoing 2025 legislative session, Gov. Brian Kemp has finally unveiled his plan for an overhaul of Georgia’s civil ...

A bill that aims to make South Carolina’s legal system fairer has cleared a huge hurdle after months of fights, weeks of ...