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Survey: Small businesses dogged by lawsuit spectre
October 8, 2010By Leslie Kwoh | The Star Ledger
Three in 10 business owners have either been sued or threatened with a lawsuit in the last five years, and another one in three predict they will be taken to court in the next five years, according to a study by the Monmouth University Polling Institute.
“A lawsuit can literally destroy a small business overnight,” said Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, which commissioned the report.
Read More »SURVEY: TORT REFORM WOULD HELP N.J.’S SMALL BUSINESSES
October 7, 2010Survey of New Jersey small business owners shows that increase in liability costs are causing them to scale back operations; 20% consider relocating out-of-state.
Read More »Study: Small business wants tort reform
October 7, 2010By Joao-Pierre Ruth | NJ BIZ
The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance on Thursday called on the state to support tort reform, a move the alliance said would help small businesses in the state.
Read More »Justices to take up issue of DUI
September 26, 2010By Kathleen Hopkins | Asbury Park Press
Who is legally responsible when an intoxicated motorist is injured in a traffic accident?
Is it the drunken driver? Or is it whoever served him the booze?
Read More »N.J. sen. says tort reform will be ‘cornerstone’ of economic boost
September 16, 2010John O’Brien • Legal Newsline
A Democratic New Jersey lawmaker on Thursday said tort reform proposals will be key in getting the state’s economy to rebound.
Read More »Lesniak addresses members at New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance Luncheon
September 16, 2010Says NJLRA’s proposals for reform will be a cornerstone in efforts to reposition New Jersey’s economy.
Read More »Medical Malpractice Reform Advocates Urge Action Now
August 9, 2010Linda Moss | NJ Spotlight
Read More »Expand Frivolous-Suit Screening Panels to Suits in Private Sector
July 29, 2010Marcus Rayner • To the Editor, New Jersey Law Journal
In his July 19 article, “N.J. Bill Proposes Use of Screening Panels to Thwart Frivolous Suits Against Public Entities,” Michael Booth reviews S-2184 , introduced by Senators Cardinale and Sacco, which would set up a prelitigation screening panel of retired justices to determine whether a suit is frivolous or filed in bad faith before going to trial.
Read More »In 6 – 1 Decision, N.J. Supreme Court Guts Affidavit of Merit Statute
July 23, 2010Plaintiffs’ attorneys are able to use experts from “outside the field” to testify against doctors in malpractice suits.
Read More »Small Businesses Pay 33% of Rising Tort Costs Out-of-Pocket
July 9, 2010Insurance Journal
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation’s tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own pockets.
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