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Legal Reform Committee
Contact: Walter Pacholczak
WHAT'S NEW
COMMITTEE UPDATES
- Committee Alert - June 16, 2009
- Council Lobbies in Opposition to Martin Act Expansion Bill
- Stop the Lawyer Tax Coalition Launches Statewide Media/Grassroots Campaign
- Texas Tort Victories
New Yorkers for Lawsuit Reform
2009-2010 LEGISLATIVE MEMOS
- Budget Proposal - State and Municipal Liability
- S.417 Senator Breslin
An ACT to impose extra-contractual tort liability upon health care plans - A.608 Assemblyman Dinowitz
An ACT to abridge freedom of contract between consenting parties - A.767 Assemblyman Gottfried
An ACT to impose extra-contractual tort liability upon health care plans - A.1254 Assemblyman Lancman
An Act to restrict informal discovery - S.1729 (Schneiderman) / A.4627 (Weinstein)
An Act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the limitations of time within which an action for medical, dental, or podicatric malpractice accrues; and providing for one year revival of prefiously dismissed actions. - A.2579 (Weinstein) / S.2390 (DeFrancisco)
An ACt to amend the general obligation law in relation to settlements in tort actions and to repeal certain provisions of law relating thereto. - A.2874 Weinstein)
An Act to impose 9% interest upon defendants in specified cases. - A.2875 (Weinstein) / S.2393 (Defrancisco)
AN ACT to eliminate common law and contractual subrogation rights and to equalize collateral source payments in personal injury and related claims - S.3157 (Monserrate) / A.4627 (Weinstein)
AN ACT to Subject manufacturers of prescription drugs or medical devices who engage in direct-to-consumer advertising to liability - S.5768 (Schneiderman) / A.8646 (Brodsky)
Expands the unlimited power of the Martin Act to significantly increase the legal exposure of the business community - A.7504-A (Weinstein) / S.4080-A (Schneiderman)
AN ACT to eliminate common law and contractual subrogation rights and to equalize collateral source payments in personal injury and related claims
2007-2008 LEGISLATIVE MEMOS
- S.5302c / A.8030c, Oppose, Establishes assessment ceiling for public utility mass real property
- S.8321 / A.11397, Support, “FIX WICKS” - Repeals project labor agreement (PLA) requirement in new Wicks Law
- S.1266 (DeFrancisco) – Senate Judiciary Committee / A.6420 (Weinstein) – Assembly Judiciary Committee - An Act to expand damages in wrongful death actions to include sorrow, mental anguish, loss of companionship, protection, comfort, etc.
- A.2528 (Morelle)/ S.4317 (Volker) - An ACT repealing strict liability and providing for a comparative negligence standard in specific elevation related accident cases.
- S.4164 (Volker) / A.2989 (Weinstein) - An ACT to prevent double-dipping of public funds.
- S.5256-B (DeFrancisco) – Senate Codes Committee / A.8691-B (Lancman) – Passed Assembly - An Act to restrict informal discovery
- S.6037-B (Libous) / A.1369-B (Brodsky) - An ACT authorizing private rights of action pursuant to NYS securities law (Martin Act).
- A.6310 (Weinstein) / S.2065 (DeFrancisco) - An Act permitting an injured employee to recover tort damages directly from an employer for work related injuries in specified cases.
- S.6365 (Senator Maltese 2007) - An ACT to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules, in relation to the computation of interest in personal injury actions.
- A.8964-B (Weinstein) – Assembly Judiciary - An Act to remove judicial discretion regarding the selection of jurors in civil cases
- A.9157 (Weinstein) / S.7482 (DeFrancisco) - An Act to amend the general obligation law in relation to settlements in tort actions and to repeal certain provisions of law relating thereto.
RESEARCH / REPORTS
- Independent Study Finds New York’s Legal System Among Worst in the Nation
- A Texas Turnaround: The Impact of Lawsuit Reform on Business Activity in the Lone Star State
Executive Summary
Report - Pacific Research Institute Ranks
New York
at the Bottom
of the Barrel
for
Tort Reform
Press Release
Report
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NEWS
- Small business owners try to manage higher premiums (August 17, 2008)
- Council joins efforts to reform New York's liability laws (February 4, 2008)