Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, which is observed in Louisiana and other regions of the U.S. during the first week of October, this year highlighted the need for more legal reforms in Louisiana at a time when the cost of property insurance is ballooning.
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW) is urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to sign two bills passed by the state Legislature this year that aim to restrict deceptive legal advertising.
Rising auto insurance rates in Louisiana and frustrations over insurers’ responses to Hurricane Ida may be dampening some state lawmakers’ support for civil litigation reforms, but tort-reform advocates say previously passed reforms will pay off in time.
New Orleans area residents pay $2.2 billion annually in excessive civil court costs, resulting in a “tort tax” of $2,763 per person and job losses of nearly 35,000, according to a new study from Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW).