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Last year's tort reforms notwithstanding, Louisiana is still sustaining billions in lost economic activity and wages, not to mention thousands of jobs, according to a recently released Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW) report.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It can be tough to wait for a judge to decide your motion. Lawyers and clients generally want a decision quickly, but sometimes that doesn’t happen.
A little-known law, though, might help you learn a bit more about when your next motion will be decided. Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C § 476, judges must report motions that have been pending for more than six months twice a year: once on March 31 and again on September 30. Generally, a motion is considered pending 30 days after it is filed.
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Will Louisiana auto insurance rates ever go down?
Louisiana Illuminator reports.
That legislation gives insurance companies an edge against accident victims in lawsuits. The tort reform, presented in May as House Bill 57 by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, was signed into law July 13 as the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020. The legislation received backing from mostly Republicans, as well as the insurance industry and the state’s largest lobby group, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. It was opposed only by Democrats.
The act is designed to lower the amount of money insurance companies are paying to accident victims through Louisiana court judgments. Those savings, as argued by insurance lobbyists and the politicians who backed the legislation, will then trickle down to policyholders by way of reduced auto insurance rates.