Press Releases & Statements: Myths & Facts About 'Frivolous' Lawsuits

New EPI Study Shows "Tort Tax" Is An Insurance Industry Fabrication

May 18— A major new report released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) offers more evidence that the insurance industry is intentionally using faulty data to make claims that the tort system leads to increased economic costs. Full Press Release

Lawsuits by Rep. Tom DeLay and Sen. Rick Santorum Show Hypocrisy about Civil Justice System

March 30— “What Tom DeLay and Rick Santorum ought to understand is that when it’s your father, your wife, or your child who is injured or killed by someone else’s negligence, that’s not frivolous. And when members of Congress who’ve exercised their constitutional right to hold wrongdoers accountable try to take that right away from ordinary Americans, that’s not reform – that’s the height of hypocrisy." Full Statement

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Source of Phony Studies, Bogus Numbers, and Outright Lies

March 8— "Surely it is not a coincidence that the states whose legal systems these corporate lawyers rank lowest are the very states the Chamber's special interest corporate client have targeted to take away the legal rights of American families and enhance the legal rights of corporate wrongdoers." Full Statement

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