What is Tort Reform and why should Tort Law be protected?
The concept of tort reform has become a very political issue since the 2000 presidential election. In general, advocates of tort reform claim that tort cases are clogging up our courts, to the detriment of both our judicial system and economy. Although some tort reforms are aimed at improving the efficiency of our courts, the primary understanding in politics and academics is that tort reforms attempt to limit tort litigation and the amount of compensation available to victims. At Shrager, Spivey & Sachs, we believe that the current methods of suggested tort reform seek to limit the rights of victims and could potentially prevent justice from being served to the parties responsible for their injury or harm. In fact, many of the proposed reforms could even protect the very people who caused or facilitated the damage inflicted upon the victim.
