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Lawsuit reform needed

July 29, 2011

By Marcus Rayner | Hunterdon County Democrat

A jury recently awarded a $2.5 million judgment against Warren Township, population 16,000, over its handling of a report the Council received about an intoxicated municipal judge on the bench. With a total budget of $16 million, this is a surcharge residents will feel for years to come if it is not overturned on appeal.

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Warren Township whistle-blower suit exposes NJ’s problematic legal climate

July 23, 2011

By Marcus Rayner | To the Editor, The Star-Ledger

Warren Township previously ranked in CNNMoney.com as one of the best places to live in the United States. The fact that a single judgment can absorb an eighth of its entire budget, however, threatens that status and its budgetary priorities.

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Op-Ed: Legislation is necessary to limit suits in New Jersey

July 6, 2011

By Marcus Rayner | The Star-Ledger

Pleading guilty to a DUI charge might prompt most people to accept responsibility for endangering themselves and others.  In a nod to how notions of personal responsibility – and our courts’ appetite for lawsuits – have changed, Voss took Tiffany’s restaurant and Kristoffe Tranquilino, the driver of the car he hit, to court. 

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Legislation would limit suits by drunk drivers

July 4, 2011

By Kathleen Hopkins | Asbury Park Press

In response to a recent state Supreme Court decision in an Ocean County case, an assemblyman has introduced a bill that would prohibit drunk drivers from suing the establishments that served them liquor.

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Legislation to Overturn Voss v. Tranquilino Decision Introduced

June 30, 2011

A-4228 would prevent drivers convicted of DWI from suing bars which served them for their injuries

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Stop legalized extortion: Op-Ed: Drunken motorist shouldn’t be able to sue for his injuries in NJ

June 29, 2011

By Marcus Rayner | Asbury Park Press

Our civil justice system wasn’t intended to offer financial incentives for irresponsible behavior – especially when it’s restaurateurs and consumers who are being forced to subsidize the court’s interpretation of the law.

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N.J. tort reform group says state’s poor ranking no surprise

June 8, 2011

By John O’Brien | Legal Newsline

A Pacific Research Institute study that ranked New Jersey’s as the most worrisome tort system is proof reform is needed, a group dedicated to that effort said Monday.

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N.J. SC: Lawsuits against bars can deter drunk driving

June 7, 2011

By Jessica M. Karmasek | Legal Newsline

Marcus Rayner, executive director of the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, or NJLRA, issued a statement Monday in response to the Court’s decision.

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To the Editor: Consumer Fraud Act Should Require Plaintiffs To Show Detrimental Reliance

June 3, 2011

By Marcus Rayner | New Jersey Law Journal

The Legislature enacted the Consumer Fraud Act in 1960, at a time when only the attorney general could sue to enforce its provisions.

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