Study Finds Public Support For Tort Reform
NU Online News Service, April 13, 9:06 a.m. EDT?A new report from the Insurance Research Council says that most Americans?while recognizing social benefits of the civil-justice system?nonetheless support efforts to reform the current personal-injury and class-action litigation structure.[@@]
The report from Malvern, Pa.-based IRC is based on two surveys conducted last year. The first survey, in June 2003, contacted 2,001 U.S. adults, while the second study?which focused more specifically on the topic of pain-and-suffering awards in personal-injury and class-action suits?interviewed 1,012 adults over the phone last December.
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