On AlterNet: tort reform

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "tort reform"

Corporations Are Working to Destroy One of the Few Tools We Have to Stop Their Abusive Behavior

Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. March 11, 2011.

When you hear about frivolous lawsuits and tort reform, what that really means is taking away your ability to make right a harm that’s been done to you.

Is There Another Way to Deal with Medical Malpractice? (Winner of Last Week's Reader's Challenge!)

Scott Bidstrup, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 23, 2009.

Let's think outside the box.

Texas: Great for Business — as Long as You Don’t Have to Live There

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: Politics. July 28, 2009.

The health care crisis is hitting Texas harder than many other states. We need to understand why.

States' Rights Flipflop

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 31, 2009.

Conservatives say they're for states' rights -- but corporate rights come first.

The Truth About Health Care and Tort Reform, Part IV

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. May 14, 2009.

How "tort reform" punishes the innocent to protect the guilty.

The Truth About Health Care and Tort Reform, Part III

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. May 14, 2009.

How tort reform advocates are lying to you.

The Truth About Health Care and Tort Reform, Part II

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 6, 2009.

How -- and why -- powerful special interests manipulate public opinion on many issues, including tort reform.

The Truth About Health Care and Tort Reform, Part I

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 4, 2009.

"Tort reform" is the Right's favorite cure for the health care crisis. Experience reveals the "cure" is a ripoff.

Tort Reform: How Karl Rove Isn't Done With Us Yet

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2009.

Senate Republicans are pushing tort reform as a cure for the financial crisis. Or is it snake oil?

Why 400 Years of Knowledge is Better Than 20

Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2007.

Reagan's presidency began a deliberate erosion of the public's right to a trial by jury. 20 years later his political heirs continue to feed the myth of "tort reform" and ignore the Constitution in favor of corporate interests.

Will Dems Protect Americans' Right to Sue?

Stephanie Mencimer, TomPaine.com. November 17, 2006.

Lobbyists and are gearing up once again to push for tort reforms in Washington. Will the Dems cave in to their demands?