Key leaders across Florida and America are speaking out on Legal Reform!
From Florida
"Under the leadership of Speaker Bense and Representative Brown, the Florida House of Representatives today approved the repeal of the joint and several liability law. I applaud their efforts to remove this unfair burden on Florida businesses. The repeal of this law will protect Florida's growing economy and unprecedented job growth."
Florida Governor Jeb Bush
March 16, 2006
"Very simply, people should pay for what they did wrong -- not the wrong of another"
State Representative Don Brown
March 16, 2006
Sponsor of HB 145
(Repeal of the Joint and Several Liability Doctrine)
"We need meaningful tort reform and we need it now. Spiraling litigation costs limit job creation. They limit employee benefits and wages for working Floridians, and they are passed along in higher prices to consumers."
Florida Governor Jeb Bush
March 8, 2005
"Florida's economy has been booming at a time when other states have struggled....However, if we want to continue competing nationally and internationally, the time has come to reform our legal system to make sure it similarly encourages investment and welcomes those willing to take risks."
Speaker of the Florida House Allan Bense
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From Across the Country
"Another threat to economic security is junk lawsuits. Frivolous lawsuits help drive up the total costs of America's tort system to more than $240 billion a year. That's a burden far greater than any other major industrialized nation, by the way. In order to remain competitive, in order to keep jobs here in America, in order to make sure that people can make a decent living, we got to do something about these junk lawsuits.
...These junk lawsuits cost people jobs and they raise your prices... Legal reform is a necessary part of keeping this economy going."
President George W. Bush
June 22, 2005
"This measure is a common-sense measure. It will ensure that people have a right to sue when harmed, and at the same time the bill will put an end to suits that leave consumers with pennies and small businesses with needless legal bills. This is a carefully crafted measure that will benefit our economy and ensure some basic fairness when it comes to class-action lawsuits."
U.S. Senator Christoper Dodd (CT)
February 10, 2005
At the Senate passage of Class Action Reform Legislation
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