S.C. Tort Reform Bill Approved

NU Online News Service, March 18, 4:24 p.m. EST?South Carolina legislators sent Republican Gov. Mark Sanford a litigation reform package yesterday that an insurers' trade group said could curb abuses.[@@]

Raymond Farmer, American Insurance Association assistant vice president, said state leaders saw the negative effects on business of what he termed abuses of the civil justice system.

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