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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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 ...
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...
Enables defendants to raise a comparative fault defense when the plaintiff asserts a strict product liability claim.
Expands the statutory misuse def...
Provides that the rate of legal interest for civil tort actions where prejudgment interest is awarded equals the federal discount rate plus two percen...
Provides for a limit of $5 million on noneconomic damages per plaintiff, with exceptions to the limit as specified. The limit adjusts for inflation e...
Provides, among other things, a limit on noneconomic damages of $250,000. If the jury determines that there is a substantial or permanent loss or imp...
Amends the law concerning civil proceeding advance payment (CPAP) transactions to provide that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant has ...
Includes language commonly referred to as the apex doctrine, which provides for certain criteria required to secure the deposition of certain high ran...
Assignment of Benefits / Auto Glass Repair – S.B. 1002
Prohibits repair shops from offering an inducement to a customer in exchange for making an insurance claim for motor vehicle glass repair and also pro...
Prohibits a person or entity issuing a legal services advertisement from doing specified things, including presenting the advertisement as a medical ...
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