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Begins by saying HB 542 has been introduced. Strict time limits. Required to sign in. Committee will not take questions. First speaker Dick Taylor and Burton Craige.

Correction to last post, that was David Hood, a defense lawyer here to speak for the Chamber of commerce on 6-21.1 attorney fees. His identical twin brother is John Hood, of John Locke foundation. David will argue that Atty fee statute needs to be changed because it considers the time the lawyer works on the…

The select committee on tort reform is meeting at 11 am. The room is filling up with insurance lobbyists. I’ve seen State Farm, Farm Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and many law firms who lobby for the Axis of Not Good: Allstate, Nationwide , etc. John Locke Foundation has showed up too. Will the libertarians promote…

NC House Bill 542 the Omibus “Tort Reform” Bill, has a provision that on its face seems to give immunity to “Emergency Rooms” for negligence. But the Bill is very subtle in the way it defines “emergency.”  This information was brought to my attention by a lawyer who used to be a Hospital Administrator and…

This is a test post. Today the NC house Select committee on Tort Reform meets at 11am to discuss, for only two hours, a massive overhaul of the right to a fair trial by jury. I will attempt to “live blog” the hearing here. This is my first attempt at this, so we’ll see how…

The North Carolina House is set to discuss a “tort reform” Bill tomorrow H542 (they have not “officially” released it but NC Trial Law Blog has an advanced copy) that would grant immunity from suit to any product “regulated” by a State or Federal Agency. UPDATE: 4:24 pm March 30, 2011: The Bill has finally…

OK folks, hold on to your hats (does anyone wear hats these days?) it is time for a trip down an Orwellian rabbit hole (to mix some metaphors) into political intrigue, lawyers, lobbyists, and a organization posing as “we, the people.” No, it’s not a national political party, its a North Carolina effort to take…

The new GOP majority Senate in the General Assembly of North Carolina has just introduced the “wish list” of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform bills today. Senate Sponsors: Tom Apodaca(R), Tom Brown(R) and Bob Rucho(R). This proposed Senate Bill S33 is a laundry list of of ways to limit the rights of normal citizens in NC.…

This post is somewhat of a departure from my “usual” posts about liens and other important (but dry )material and it is also a huge departure from my normal practice of completely ignoring “friend spam.” What’s “friend spam”? Well, you know how you get those “chain emails” from Friends or Friends of Friends about a…

Increasingly, lawyers find that even when an injured client has some type of health care coverage, when the client has been injured by the negligence of a third party, it is often difficult to get the health insurer to pay the bills. Typically, this stems from the Health Insurance contract having language that says the…