Posts tagged preemption

• Republican Sen. Mike Lee Again Opposes Federal Tort Reform

  Andrew Cochran | March 28, 2012 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On November 28, I posted about a speech by a true constitutional conservative and Tea Party favorite, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, in which he explained that he wouldn't vote for a...

• Pro-7th Amendment Broadcaster Now On Sirius Satellite Radio

  Andrew Cochran | February 14, 2012 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I've written often about the interviews conducted by Terry Lowry on his radio show, the What's Up show, broadcast on 12 radio stations from Houston to Chattanooga to Pittsburgh....

• When Clarence Thomas & John Roberts Defended The 7th Amendment

  Andrew Cochran | January 30, 2012 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Seventh Amendment provides that [i]n Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved... Accordingly, we...

• Tort Reformers Approve of Protecting Property, But Not Life & Limb

  Andrew Cochran | January 25, 2012 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Lawmakers who voted last year for an unconstitutional bill to crush states' and individual rights, by sharply limiting medical malpractice lawsuits, did a 180-degree turn on Tuesday,...

• Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Again At State Tort Reform Law

  Andrew Cochran | January 21, 2012 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court voiced its support for the unalienable right to a civil jury trial by striking down a section of the state tort reform law. In the medical malpractice case...

• Which Newt Gingrich Is Running For President?

  Andrew Cochran | January 19, 2012 2:48 PM | 2 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In August, I asked here whether we would see Presidential candidate Rick Perry as the hardcore states' rights advocate, or Rick Perry the hardcore advocate of limiting the 7th Amendment right...

• Supreme Court Again Expands Scope of Forced Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts

  Andrew Cochran | January 11, 2012 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has taken another opportunity to expand the use of forced arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, denying us the right to negotiate such clauses out and...

• Trial Lawyers Helped Make Toys Safe

  Mike Bryant | December 27, 2011 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I looking the the toys the boys got for Christmas this week. It was interesting how there are extra warnings and safer fetures on toys. How much things have changed. Maybe the manufacturer made...

• Ken Cuccinelli vs. Michelle Bachmann on The Constitution

  Andrew Cochran | December 06, 2011 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  During the Huckabee Presidential Forum on Friday night, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli challenged Rep. Michelle Bachmann on the constitutionality of federal tort reform...

• Tea Party Nation's Judson Phillips Again Slams Federal Medmal Bills

  Andrew Cochran | December 01, 2011 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On November 16, I posted here about the opposition to federal tort reform by Judson Phillips, the founder of the influential Tea Party Nation group, who defended the 7th Amendment right to a...