Tort reformers suggest that civil lawsuits in Illinois are out of control, what are the real facts? Tort reformers, individuals aimed at curbing Illinois citizens’ access to the civil court system and preventing catastrophically injured victims from holding those that harm them accountable, routinely tout a supposed state-wide lawsuit crisis in support of obtaining their […]

Public disinformation campaigns by insurance companies and powerful corporations are designed to stoke prejudice and fear, and warp public understanding of how our civil justice system works. By manufacturing a mythical “lawsuit crisis,” they are trying to pressure policymakers into shielding wrongdoers from financial liability when their dangerous actions harm innocent people. The numbers prove […]

Understanding why medical malpractice reform is a betrayal of conservative ideology is one of many reasons to oppose it. The bedrock of political conservative ideology is that the federal government should be divested of power, and instead, states should be free to govern themselves as each sees fit. Ironically, the United States House of Representative’s, […]