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American Tort Reform Foundation Releases Judicial Hellhole List

By Sean Wajert on January 5, 2016
Posted in Articles

The American Tort Reform Foundation recently published its report identifying the top “judicial Hellholes” for 2015-16. The top (or bottom?
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Appeals Court Upholds Successor Liability Reform

By Sean Wajert on December 30, 2014
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

A Pennsylvania appeals court issued has upheld an important statutory reform, a law limiting the liability of Pennsylvania-based businesses that have …
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Judicial Hellholes Report Released

By Sean Wajert on December 18, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual Judicial Hellholes® report this week, naming courts in New York City, California, West Virgi…
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Maryland Retains Contributory Negligence

By Sean Wajert on July 12, 2013
Posted in Articles

In an interesting decision, the Maryland Court of Appeals decided to retain the traditional doctrine of contributory rather than comparative fault. Se…
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State Committee Misses Opportunity for Class Action Reform

By Sean Wajert on May 14, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Readers of MassTortDefense recognize that one of the most challenging jurisdictions for potential class actions defendants is California, given the su…
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U.S. Chamber Describes Tort Reform Goals for 2012

By Sean Wajert on January 23, 2012
Posted in Articles

Here at MassTortDefense we try to keep at least one eye on important tort reform efforts, and how they may impact the litigation that we blog about. T…
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Bills Introduced to Halt New Federal Regulations

By Sean Wajert on September 23, 2011
Posted in Articles

We from time to time have called our readers attention to developments in the important field of tort reform. While often this takes the form of state…
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Tort Reform Advances In Tennessee

By Sean Wajert on June 27, 2011
Posted in Articles

Readers know that tort reform is an important issue we have posted on before, at the federal and state level. Latest update: Tennessee recently enacte…
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Why We Can’t Sue Our Way to Prosperity

By Sean Wajert on May 26, 2011
Posted in Articles

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing earlier this week on “Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigati…
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Tort Reform Battle in PA

By Sean Wajert on May 23, 2011
Posted in Articles

We have posted from time to time on the important issue of tort reform, and the need for it in many jurisdictions. Now in our home state, the Pennsylv…
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