Lawsuits Make A Difference
Thanks to America's civil justice system and citizen jurors, families and children are safer than ever and corporate executives know that they cannot endanger or cheat the public without being held accountable.
Vioxx Case Shows Civil Justice System Is Only Check on Corporations That Put Sales Before Safety
October 3— Vioxx was supposedly a blockbuster pain killer. It turned out to be a plain killer. And the Vioxx verdict is another illustration of how, for ordinary Americans, the civil justice system is the last check—and sometimes the only check—against corporations that put profits before the health and safety of their own customers. Full Story
Urban Legends About the Civil Justice System
February 1— Special interests like big tobacco, the insurance industry, HMOs, and drug companies have mounted multi-million dollar campaigns against the civil justice system and Constitutional right to trial by jury. As part of those campaigns, companies and corporate lobbyists hype bogus numbers and questionable studies, make exaggerated and untrue claims about so-called "frivolous" lawsuits, and fall back on age-old stereotypes about trial lawyers. Get the truth about the Stella Awards
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