Recent Publication Highlights

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

2021/2022

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STUDIES & WHITEPAPERS

· Big Trucks: An Avoidable Public Safety Crisis

· System Letdown: Worker Safety, Harm and Compensation in the Age of Covid-19

· Briefing Book: Medical Malpractice By the Numbers

· Pills: Big Pharma, the FDA, and Problem Medicine

· Insurance IsleBrochure

· Insurance: The Essential Guide to a Bewildering Industry

· Lifesavers: CJ&D’s Guide to Lawsuits that Protect Us All

FACT SHEETS

· Large Trucks Are Extremely Dangerous

· Drivers of Large Trucks: Bad Working Conditions and Huge Turnover

· Trucking Companies Are Being Price-Gouged By Insurance Companies

· How Juries Respond to Trucking Industry Recklessness

· Reinsurance: A Secretive Foreign Industry That Can Cause Great Harm In The United States

· Hurricanes and Insurance: Learning from the Past

· System Letdown: Worker Harm

· System Letdown: Worker Compensation

· Doctors Come Clean About Lawsuits

· Civil Justice Highlights From There Are No Accidents

· How Low Can They Go? State Civil and Tort Caseloads And Jury Trials

· Worth, Ken Feinberg and Trial Lawyers: The Real Story

· The Sad Truth About Hospitals, Patient Safety And Racism

· The Disparate Impact of Tort Reform on the Elderly, the Unemployed, and Women

· What is the Impact of Tort Reform on Physician Behavior? None

· To Rein in Costs, Get Insurance Defense Lawyers Under Control!

· The Myth of Nuclear Verdicts

· How the Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited from the COVID 19 Pandemic

· Autonomous Vehicles and the Importance of Banning Forced Arbitration Clauses

SPOTLIGHTS ON JUSTICE

Asbestos

· Asbestos Imports are on the Rise in the U.S.

· Asbestos Exposure Will Be a Problem for Many Years

· Industry Cover-Up of Asbestos Hazards Has Continued for More Than a Century

· The Insurance Industry Helped Coverup Asbestos Hazards and Disease

· Asbestos is Still Not Banned in the United States

Bankruptcy

· New Trick By Wealthy Corporate Fat Cats to Cheat Victims: Dummy Bankruptcy

Forced Arbitration

· Congress Finally Cracked the Forced Arbitration Wall

· Forced Arbitration Creates Terrifying New Travel Dangers

· A Growing Number Of Rich Companies Are Forcing Consumers To Arbitrate Disputes

· When Harmed Employees Are Forced To Arbitrate Disputes, Cases Disappear

Insurance Industry

· Government Oversight Over Insurance Industry Practices Barely Exists

· Property Casualty Insurance Companies Can Legally Price Fix

· Auto Insurance Companies Made a Windfall From the Pandemic

· Unnecessary Hourly Billing by Insurance Lawyers is Causing Insurance Costs to Rise

· The U.S. Property Casualty Insurance Industry Profited From Pandemic

· Insurance Companies Pay Far Less Than What Juries Award

Litigation, Judges and Juries

· Litigation Finance Firms Screen Out Meritless Cases

· Judges Are Breaking the Law and Harming Injured Victims

· When Laws Take Compensation Decisions Away From Judges and Juries Tragedy Results

· Disappearing Juries Threatens Democracy

· Civil Lawsuits Save Lives and Can Help Mitigate our National Crises

Medical Malpractice

· Sleep Deprivation Leads to Medical Errors

· Preventable Death Rates for U.S. Women Among Highest in World

· Doctors Believe that Lawsuit Outcomes are Fair

· The Myth of COVID Health Care Lawsuits

· The ABCs of Tort Reform Fails

· Black Patients Are More Likely Than White Patients to Receive Unsafe Care

· Medical Errors and Covid-19

Sexual Assault

· Access to our Civil Courts is Critically Important for Sexual Assault Survivors

Tort Reforms

· Caps on Damages are Dangerous

· Civil Justice is Bi Partisan

· Tort Reform Has A Disparate Impact On The Elderly, The Unemployed And Women

Transportation

· Record-Breaking Number of People Killed by Big Trucks in the U.S.

· Elon Musk's Crash Course

· As Vehicles Become More Powerful, Pedestrian Deaths Increase

· More Than a Dozen Auto Safety Rules are Years Overdue

· When it Comes to Auto Safety, Litigation Plays a Critical Role

Workers

· Seasonal Low Wage Workers are Routinely Cheated

· Worker Covid Deaths are Not Being Tracked

· OSHA Failed to Protect Workers During the Pandemic

· Workers' Compensation During Covid