Reports on the Lawsuit Industry in America

Lindsay Young Craig Vice President, Communications & Marketing Manhattan Institute 212-599-7000      TLI Reports Trial Lawyers Inc. Trial Lawyers Inc.: California Trial Lawyers Inc.: Health Care Trial Lawyers Inc.: Illinois Trial Lawyers Inc.: Asbestos Trial Lawyers Inc.: K Street    TLI Updates Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Health Hazard Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Louisiana Trial Lawyers, Inc.: West Virginia Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Michigan Trial Lawyers, Inc.: Ohio	Media Inquiries/Press     This new report places laser light on trial lawyer activity that reaches the bottom hidden part of their impressive political iceberg. Trial Lawyer Inc should be read as it helps that vital process. —Victor Schwartz, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon; Co-author, Prosser, Wade & Schwartz’s Torts   Everyone interested in legal reform should welcome the release of this latest report by the Manhattan Institute. It sheds light on the disproportionate influence trial lawyers have in preventing common sense legal reform —Rep. Lamar Smith, Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee   Thanks to the Manhattan Institute for this report. I think it’s critically important that we have a national discussion about the burdens that excessive, unfair litigation place on our economy…and it needs to be evaluated. Your report drives that message home.— Senator Jeff Sessions   This is a great report and a very important report because the litigation friendly legal system that we have in this country…imposes a… tort tax on all Americans. Your report will enable people to understand just how serious that matter is. We appreciate what you are doing at the Manhattan Institute—Ed Meese   TRIAL LAWYERS INC.   Wall Street Journal: Trial Lawyers, Inc. That's how the folks at the Manhattan Institute now refer to what may be America's only recession-proof industry: the plaintiffs' bar.     TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: CALIFORNIA   Insurance Journal: Trial Lawyers Inc.: California" portrays the state's lawsuit industry as a "corporation" run by lawyers who have exploited the civil justice system at the expense of California citizens and businesses. TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: HEALTHCARE   Healthcare News: …report from the Manhattan Institute shows the efforts of trial lawyers to target health care providers for profit are raising U.S. health care costs.     TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: ILLINOIS   Atlanta Journal Constitution: The Manhattan Institute think tank has done an in-depth examination of the “litigation industry” in Illinois. TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: ASBESTOS   Southeast Texas Record: Trial Lawyers Inc.: Asbestos, A Report on the Asbestos Litigation Industry 2008," … delves into the business model trial lawyers have been using to generate cases.     TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: HEALTH HAZARD   The Economist: The Manhattan Institute. . . has posted its latest report on how trial lawyers drive up health-care costs... TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: LOUISIANA   Legal NewsLine: The Manhattan Institute's latest edition in its "Trial Lawyers, Inc." series explores the impact Louisiana's legal system has had on the state's slow population growth.     TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: WEST VIRGINIA   West Virginia Record: Businesses are skittish about investing their resources in West Virginia because of the state's troubled legal system, a report released Monday by The Manhattan Institute says. TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: MICHIGAN   Legal NewsLine: The Manhattan Institute recently released an issue of its Trial Lawyers, Inc. series that focused on the legal climate in Michigan.     TRIAL LAWYERS INC.: OHIO   Buckeye Blog: The Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute manages Trial Lawyers Inc., which does excellent work documenting the crisis in America’s tort system. Its most recent report … documents Ohio’s checkered past in trying to reform the personal injury lawsuit system.
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