Rick Santorum has caught a lot of heat lately over his flip flop on the issue of Medical Malpractice Reform.  The upshot of the Flip Flop was that Santorum, a “Pro Damage Cap” conservative politician, testified in his own wife’s Medical Malpractice case which resulted in a verdict of double the Damage Cap which he supported.
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For several years now, insurance companies, big corporations, chambers of commerce and other business groups and conservative politicians have been waging a war against Trial Lawyers and Personal Injury claims. 
Tens of thousands of dollars have been spent on media campaigns and contributions to policitians to spread negative ideas about filing a claim for compensation after […]

It seems that it’s more in vogue than ever to hate Personal Injury lawyers and lawsuits.  Even one of my partners recently told me that he couldn’t do what I do (practice Personal Injury law) because that is “the lowest of the low.”  Well, I have to admit that got to me.
Some of the negative […]

Although this commentary may seem a little self-serving, since I focus my practice in Personal Injury law helping injured people deal with insurance companies to get fair compensation, I have strong feelings about so-called “Tort Reform.”  Specifically, I am convinced that “Tort Reform” is a product of lobbying power from insurance companies and large corporations and, […]

With all the talk in recent years of “tort reform” and “frivolous lawsuits,” I was encouraged, as a trial lawyer, to hear of how our legal system dealt with the frivolous lawsuit in which a man sued a dry cleaner for $67 million over a lost pair of pants.  The result of that case firmly […]