Imagine if a group of criminals hired lobbyists, public relations firms, and lawyers to launch a campaign to convince the public that criminal laws are too strict.  They might argue that our strict laws result in higher taxes due to law enforcement and prison budgets.  They might argue that decreasing criminal penalties would benefit the economy, and maybe even keep people safer.  Sounds absurd, doesn’t it?  Well, the same thing is happening with the tort “reform” movement.  Groups of corporations who routinely hurt people are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to persuade the public to make personal injury laws less strict.

For example, some of the corporations that pay their executives millions of dollars a year argue that they shouldn’t have to pay more than $250,000 if they kill or seriously injure someone.  Or they argue that they should be allowed to have four years to sue someone who defaults on a credit card, but an injured citizen should have only one year to sue the company that made a defective product.

Tort “reform” is a scam.  It will make us less safe, and won’t save us a dime.  One of the reasons I decided to become an attorney is to expose the tort “reform” scam for what it really is.  If you’d like to read more, check out my blog called Tort Deform.