Tort Reform
April 21, 2025 • Press Release
Foundation praises Gov. Kemp for signing tort reform legislation
“We applaud Gov. Brian Kemp for his strong leadership in supporting meaningful relief for Georgia residents and business owners.”
March 27, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia legislature passes omnibus lawsuit reform bill
Georgia’s legislative session reached a high point of intrigue last week, and the highest priority on Gov. Brian Kemp’s agenda has made it to his desk.
March 20, 2025 • Blog
The ‘well has run dry’: Property owners say Georgia trial lawyers have taken almost everything
People in corporate real estate have said that Georgia’s lack of tort reform has made doing business in the state a nightmare.
March 13, 2025 • Blog
Georgia’s ‘Jackpot Justice Juries’ prompt calls for tort reform
When criminals commit violent acts on the private properties of business owners, Georgia’s premises liability laws make those property owners civilly liable.
March 6, 2025 • Blog
Georgia landlords say they provide security, but still face legal peril
Landlords in Georgia can be held liable if someone commits a crime on their property, even if they provide adequate security.
March 5, 2025 • Blog
The push to rein in abusive lawsuits
Curbing abuses is not tantamount to shutting down justice. On the contrary, the only way to ensure actual justice is to curb the abuses.
February 26, 2025 • Commentary
Tort reform advances. What’s next?
Gov. Brian Kemp’s push to curb abusive lawsuits cleared a significant hurdle this past week.
February 18, 2025 • Blog
TORT REFORM: The Georgia law that business owners hate the most
Georgia law can hold a business owner civilly liable for a criminal act that happens on his property, one that the business owner had nothing to do with.
February 6, 2025 • Commentary
Tort reform and what it means for cost and access in Georgia healthcare
Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.
January 29, 2025 • Blog
‘Not allowed to know who is funding the lawsuit’
How a new legal scheme threatens Georgia’s economy and even national security.
December 4, 2024 • Blog
TORT REFORM: Gwinnett County slapped hard by Georgia Court of Appeals
Nuclear verdicts raise the costs to do business, which get passed down to customers, and ultimately force Georgians to pay what is known as a hidden tax.
October 29, 2024 • Blog
Here’s how frivolous lawsuits against truckers hurt everybody, including you
Not all lawsuits are frivolous, but those that are raise costs for all truckers, and by extension, every consumer in Georgia.
September 17, 2024 • Blog
Georgia’s childcare providers say out of control lawsuits could put them out of business
It’s increasingly difficult for Georgia’s childcare centers to find companies who will insure them.
June 13, 2024 • Commentary
Tort reform and Georgia’s judicial nightmare
In 2023, Georgia had the dubious honor of topping the American Tort Reform Association’s list of the country’s “Judicial Hellholes.”
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