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Time for No-Fault Reform

A 40-year-old concept gains traction in tough tort environment

By Neil Alldredge | Updated on October 31, 2011

Over the past few years, increasing frustration with fraud, abuse and massive cost increases in several jurisdictions has forced legislators and regulators to take a serious look at reform of their state’s no-fault laws.

Today, 12 states have no-fault systems: Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Utah. Each state’s laws differ with respect to litigation thresholds, personal injury protection (PIP) limits and other factors such as the threat of lawsuits for “bad-faith”—all of which influence the effectiveness of the laws.

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