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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Bill's 'Fine Print' May be Boon to Trial Lawyers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small but important clause in the health care bill, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month, is a big boon to tort lawyers, said Insurance Information Institute President Robert Hartwig, who sounded the warning bell at an Ernst & YoungÂ conference.    Tort lawyers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort Lawyers, Bane of Insurers, Are Being Starved by the Courts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Shakespeare said in Henry VI, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."    Death might be more merciful if you believe what Chubb Corp. said at its earnings call yesterday: tort lawyers, the kind that file suits against companies recently blamed for the recession,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:46:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Levaquin Mass Tort Ruling May Favor J&J]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey Supreme Court's consolidation of cases regarding the antibiotic Levaquin into a mass tort in Atlantic County Superior Court at first looks like bad news for Johnson & Johnson. After all, Judge Carol Higbee's courthouse-by-the-casinos is where Merck was eventually forced into a $4.85 billion settlement of its Vioxx...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEOs' Healthcare-Reform Priorities: Obesity and Tort Reform, But Not Universal Coverage]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago the WSJ ran an interesting roundtable on healthcare reform with an unusual cast of CEOs -- WellPoint's Angela Braly, the Mayo Clinic's Denis Cortese, Pfizer's Jeffrey Kindler, and Novartis' Daniel Vasella. Rounding out the discussion was Sen. Max Baucus. Oddly enough, the CEOs not only chose "fighting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:42:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ProAssurance Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We&#8217;ll take our first question from David Lewis of Raymond James; please go ahead. Ben Iyer &#8211; Raymond James Hi, good morning and this is Ben Iyer [ph] for David Lewis. Congratulations on a great quarter. As I have a question on capital management. We&#8217;d...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:25:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform in Okla. hopes die with session]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year, another failed attempt at tort reform.    Republican leaders in the state Senate and House of Representatives began the year listing tort reform as one of their top priorities for the 2007 session - just as they did at the beginning of the 2006, 2005 and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RETHINKING THE LANDSCAPE OF TORT REFORM: LEGISLATIVE INERTIA AND COURT-BASED TORT REFORM IN THE CASE OF ASBESTOS*]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On its face, the asbestos case seems a quintessential example of the obstacles to enacting major tort reform in the United States, even when judges repeatedly ask for legislative relief and tort law is demonstrably costly and inconsistent. However, a closer look reveak that, since the early 1980s, judges and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform bill heads to Oklahoma governor's desk]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In passing the most extensive tort reform bill ever to be approved by the Oklahoma Legislature, members of the state Senate on Thursday quoted heavily from past speeches of the one person that now has the power to stop the measure from becoming law - Gov. Brad Henry.  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Republican tort reform bill still unheard Oklahoma Senate committee]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20070216/ai_n18628477]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even Senate Co-President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee doesn't believe his 182-page tort reform bill, Senate Bill 802, could be approved by the Legislature and signed into law in its original form. But he still expects to get several of the bill's provisions passed into law this year.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discretionary Function Exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act: A Proposal for a Workable Analysis, The]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3736/is_200701/ai_n21186051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I. INTRODUCTION In 1946 Congress enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act FTCA, which provides that the federal government can be held liable in tort "in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances."1 In enacting the FTCA, Congress also provided thirteen exceptions to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Key issues on the line in election; Mixed results seen from shift in power in one or both houses.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200610/ai_n20165545]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN    WASHINGTON-The election of a Democratic majority in either or both  houses of Congress next week would have a mixed effect on insurance and  risk management issues, according to Washington observers.    For example, efforts to  Byline: MARK A....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OK Senate pushes tort reform, tax-cut bills into committee]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20060510/ai_n16356186]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The state Senate voted Tuesday to send tax cuts and tort reform measures to conference committees - a move Democrats say will lead to compromise and Republicans fear will lead to the measures' death.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate race gets ugly in mailings.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5273/is_200603/ai_n20811563]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Andrew Schroedter Daily Herald Staff Writer    It became more expensive in January to send a letter through the  mail.    But that additional cost hasn't stopped Palatine Mayor Rita  Mullins and Harper College Trustee Matt Murphy from crowding mailboxes  this week...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senate passage of LARA would keep tort reform rolling.(Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200601/ai_n20161903]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LAST YEAR WAS among the most rewarding that tort reform advocates  have experienced in a long time. We certainly hope they can build on  that success this year.    In 2005 Congress passed and President Bush signed the most  comprehensive federal tort re  LAST...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Businesses won't see much more tort reform from Congress.(LEGAL AFFAIRS)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5942/is_200512/ai_n24007989]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses won't see much more tort reform from Congress in  2006. Lawmakers did pass two bills this year, one protecting gun makers  and one making it harder to win class-action lawsuits. But legislation  that would shield companies from what they view  Businesses won't see much more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MO Court of Appeals rules severance of tort, uninsured motorist]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4181/is_20051122/ai_n15846687]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[(This article was originally published in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)   A trial court's severance of tort and uninsured motorist claims arising from an auto accident was an abuse of discretion, the Missouri Court of Appeals held. The court found that splitting the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House should approve LARA.(Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, tort reform )(Editorial)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200510/ai_n20162665]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES appears likely to approve meaningful  tort reform in the next few days. We hope that it will do so by such a  margin that the Senate will be compelled to follow suit.    The measure-the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act-is straigh  THE...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House again takes lead in meaningful tort reform.(Editorial)(United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200505/ai_n20177703]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE HOUSE JUDICIARY Committee has taken a significant step toward  meaningful tort reform with its approval last week of the Lawsuit Abuse  Reduction Act.    By voting in favor of the bill, which would require mandatory  sanctions on attorneys who bring  THE HOUSE JUDICIARY...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[03-03-05--Woman sues Coke and Pepsi, claiming diet sweetener deception.(ELLIOT'S INSIGHTS)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb021/is_200504/ai_n15139211]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Elliot's Insight. This suit, and others like it, is groundless  and is evidence for the need for tort reform. Saccharin is no longer  listed as a carcinogen. Citizens who dispute the government's  decisions about food safety should take their complaints  Elliot's Insight. This suit, and others...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Henry's tort reform package falls in Oklahoma Senate]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20050318/ai_n13252314]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A lack of votes.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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