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Justices to take up issue of DUI
January 26, 2013Who is legally responsible when an intoxicated motorist is injured in a traffic accident?
Read More »Does your Footlong measure up?
January 26, 2013By Michael Diamond | Asbury Park Press
Three New Jersey men file a lawsuit against the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, claiming that their ‘footlong’ falls short of 12 inches.
Read More »“The proposals of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance will be a cornerstone of our effort to reposition New Jersey’s economy for long term growth.”
January 25, 2013Medical Malpractice Reform Advocates Urge Action Now
January 24, 2013Citing New Jersey’s ‘doctor drain’ and a recent court ruling, proponents lobby hard for legislation to limit lawsuits.
Read More »In 6 – 1 Decision, N.J. Supreme Court Guts Affidavit of Merit Statute
January 23, 2013Plaintiffs’ attorneys are able to use experts from “outside the field” to testify against doctors in malpractice suits.
Read More »Court Will Review Drunken Drivers’ Right To Sue Bars That Served Them
January 22, 2013The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether drunken drivers injured in accidents they cause can sue the liquor establishments that served them.
State insurance law bars them from bringing personal injury claims against other drivers, but the Court has never ruled on whether that statute takes precedence over the dram shop act, which makes liquor establishments liable for serving visibly intoxicated patrons.
Read More »Op-Ed: School legal costs are a killer
January 21, 2013In recent months, school funding has been hotly debated by many sides. And the most infamous school litigation of the past two decades, Abbott vs. Burke, is routinely invoked as a major cost driver in education. Whether or not you support the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decisions, which required equalized funding between the state’s richest and poorest school districts, most of us acknowledge that school districts must look for ways to cut waste from their budgets.
What’s often overlooked is the cumulative effect non-Abbott litigation has on school budgets.
Read More »Appeal Bond Cap on the table in New Jersey
January 20, 2013Legislation pending in New Jersey would limit the amount a losing party would have to post as a bond for its appeal to $50 million.
Read More »Assembly Committee Moves A-2473 Unanimously
January 19, 2013Thank you to all of NJLRA’s supporters who testified, to Assemblymen Gary Schaer and John McKeon for sponsoring it, and Chairwoman Pou for hearing it in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Read more about the Appeal Bond Cap here.
Read More »Assembly Appropriations Committee to hear A-2473, capping appeal bonds, on Thursday, June 17th.
January 18, 2013Tell the members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee to support A-2473. Click here for sample language.
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