Marcus Rayner | The Star-Ledger, to the Editor
The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance represents a diverse, bipartisan cross section of employers, medical community and entrepreneurs, whose objective is to stop abuses of our legal system. NJLRA believes common-sense reforms will grow the state’s economy and eliminate frivolous lawsuits.
Joanne Doroshow’s opinion piece (“ALEC laws still a threat to N.J.,” April 24) is long on conspiracy theories and short on facts about New Jersey’s legal climate.
The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance represents a diverse, bipartisan cross section of employers, medical community and entrepreneurs, whose objective is to stop abuses of our legal system. NJLRA believes common-sense reforms will grow the state’s economy and eliminate frivolous lawsuits. Some members, including the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical companies that Doroshow noted, have manufactured life-saving drugs for men and women for generations.
We are proud to have members in common with the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, Medical Society of New Jersey and others. Their members collectively employ tens of thousands of state residents. Doroshow might have disclosed that it is common for businesses to join many associations and advocacy groups. To insinuate that supporting our coalition equates to support for ALEC is disingenuous.
NJLRA is happy to engage in a debate about the proper role of civil justice and its effects on New Jersey’s economy; however, Doroshow and the New York-based group of trial lawyers she represents chose the low road and did a disservice to New Jersey residents.
Marcus Rayner, executive director, New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance