Litigation
Apr. 6, 2004
Reporting Bias Accounts For Litigation Explosion
Column - Tort Reform - By Andrea Mosmann - The tort reform debate has raged for years. Tort reform advocates blame supposedly skyrocketing punitive-damage awards for high insurance rates and falling competitiveness and productivity of American corporations. Opponents counter that litigation protects the public by keeping companies accountable for their actions and that high punitive awards are necessary to deter bad conduct and to teach a lesson to wealthy companies that knowingly break the rules.
Tort Reform
By Andrea Mosmann
The tort reform debate has raged for years. Tort reform advocates blame supposedly skyrocketing punitive-damage awards for high insurance rates and falling competitiveness and productivity of American corporations. Opponents counter that litigation protects the public by keeping companies accountable for their actions and t...
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