Louisiana’s Senate handed 5 tort reform payments final week to curb authorized system abuse pushed by billboard attorneys within the Pelican State. The legislative success represents the fruits of sustained advocacy efforts – together with a Triple-I-backed consciousness marketing campaign, StopLegalSystemAbuse.org – to construct public help.
The brand new laws addresses Louisiana’s longstanding challenges with excessive insurance coverage premiums and the state’s popularity for being plaintiff-friendly in civil litigation. The reforms embrace stricter limits on damages, clearer requirements for knowledgeable testimony, and different procedural modifications designed to revive stability to the courts whereas decreasing monetary burdens on Louisiana households and companies.
Nevertheless, a further measure meant to vary state laws for approving price filings for auto and residential insurance coverage overshadowed the optimistic actions taken by lawmakers, the Occasions-Picayune reported.
Home Invoice 431, which might forestall drivers who’re at the least 51 p.c at fault in an accident from receiving any compensation for their very own accidents, requires closing Home approval attributable to Senate amendments. So do Senate Invoice 231, which might permit insurers’ attorneys to current jurors with the precise quantity paid for medical payments, relatively than the entire billed, and Home Invoice 436, which might ban undocumented immigrants injured in automotive accidents from receiving normal (non-economic) damages.
Home Invoice 434, which might enhance the brink from $15,000 to $100,000 for uninsured drivers to gather medical bills for bodily accidents in accidents, and Home Invoice 450, which might require plaintiffs in automotive accident lawsuits to show their accidents have been really brought on by the accident, are awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature.
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