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Search our comprehensive database to learn about the civil justice reform laws ATRA has worked to pass at the federal level and in state legislatures, when they were passed, and whether they have been challenged in the courts. Newly enacted legislation for the current year is typically added and updated in July to record the individual state accomplishments of the last legislative year.

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Comprehensive Tort Reform – S.B. 68 (2025)

Phantom Damages & Letters of ProtectionAllows a jury to consider not only “amounts charged” but also amounts “actually necessary to satisfy such ...

Georgia

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Phantom Damages Reform – H.B. 1204 (2025)

Provides that recoverable past medical expenses includes only those costs that were actually paid by or on behalf of the plaintiff, plus any charges ...

Arkansas

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Deliberate Intent – H.B. 3270

Limits the amount of noneconomic damages recoverable in a deliberate intent case to $500,000.

West Virginia

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Asbestos Litigation Reform – H.B. 328

Address over-naming in asbestos cases and requires plaintiffs with nonmalignant conditions to demonstrate impairment pursuant to objective medical cri...

Utah

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Vicarious Liability for Rideshare Services – H.B. 1745

Establishes a framework for arbitration and civil actions against rideshare services. The law only applies when the rideshare service is defendant, t...

Texas

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Third Party Litigation Financing

Subjects TPLF to the maximum usury interest rate or a 25% fee cap, requires automatic disclosure of the agreement in litigation and requires registrat...

Montana

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Time Limited Demands – S.B. 236

Establishes the standards to be satisfied by a third-party claimant when delivering a time-limited demand to an insurer. This includes requiring the ...

Montana

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Third Party Bad Faith Reform – S.B. 165

Amends the state’s bad faith law to prevent a third-party claimant from bringing an action for bad faith in connection with the handling of an insuran...

Montana

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Comprehensive Products Liability Reform – S.B. 216

Enables defendants to raise a comparative fault defense when the plaintiff asserts a strict product liability claim. Expands the statutory misuse def...

Montana

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Prejudgment Interest Rate Reform – S.B. 75

Provides that the rate of legal interest for civil tort actions where prejudgment interest is awarded equals the federal discount rate plus two percen...

Kansas

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