Archive: legal reform

  • Whistleblower Immunity Act March 15, 2013

    Summary  The purpose of this Act is to encourage the exposure of negligent health care providers. This Act limits liability for certain information and safeguards the confidentiality of individuals who come forward to disclose medical providers who practice negligent care. [...]

  • Volunteer Immunity and Charitable Organization Liability Limit Act March 15, 2013

    Summary The Act is intended to promote the formation, financial stability, and healthy operation of charitable organizations and to encourage volunteer and charitable organizations by limiting the exposure of organizations and volunteers to lawsuits arising from their charitable activities. Model [...]

  • Truth in Damages Act March 15, 2013

    Summary ALEC’s model Truth in Damages Act allows the admission into evidence of proof of collateral source payments made or likely to be made as compensation for the same damages sought in the suit. The Act requires that such payments [...]

  • Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Summary On occasion, courts create an “implied” cause of action or a right to sue in regulatory legislation.  The principles for when courts will or will not create these “implied” causes of action are vague and uncertain.  For that reason, [...]

  • Ten-Year Statute of Repose Act March 15, 2013

     Summary Statutes of repose prohibit filing of claims beyond a specified period of time after the date of sale of a product or provision of a service. This model bill provides that a plaintiff must commence a cause of action [...]

  • Resolution Regarding Codification of the Judicial Cy Pres Doctrine March 15, 2013

    Summary  This resolution responds to efforts by the plaintiffs’ bar, represented by the American Association for Justice and its state level affiliates, to encourage courts to adopt or legislatures to enact state laws requiring that any residual funds at the [...]

  • Resolution Opposing Unfair Federal Consent Decrees March 15, 2013

    PURPOSE:  To support policy ensuring that federal consent decrees are narrowly drafted, limited in duration, and respectful of state and local interests and policy judgments.  WHEREAS, in a growing number of cases involving state and local governments across the nation, [...]

  • Resolution Opposing Unfair and Unbalanced Insurance “Bad Faith” Legislation March 15, 2013

    Summary  This resolution is responsive to efforts by the plaintiffs’ bar, represented by the Association of American Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) and its state-level affiliates, to enact legislation that undermines settled principles of contract law [...]

  • Resolution Opposing Anti-Indemnity and Anti-Additional Insured Legislation March 15, 2013

    PURPOSE:  Urging state legislatures not to adopt legislation that would prohibit or require the inclusion of indemnity and additional insured provisions in commercial contracts  WHEREAS, a number of state legislatures have passed laws prohibiting standard indemnity and additional insured contract [...]

  • Resolution on Transparency in State Attorney General Conduct March 15, 2013

    Purpose:  To support the policy proposals in the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s State Attorney General Code of Conduct in order to assure high ethical standards in conducting the affairs of the Office of Attorney General and to protect [...]