Tort Reform

by Caleb Talley The number of bills filed this legislative session has barreled past the 2,000-mile marker. We’re now up to 2,370, and the end isn’t exactly in sight. On Monday, the House overwhelmingly approved (92-0, the rest chose not…

Arkansas voters may get the opportunity to consider a tort reform measure during the next general election. A resolution was filed Tuesday in the Arkansas General Assembly, Senate Joint Resolution 8 (SJR8), would amend the state Constitution’s wording on the…

by Caleb Talley Issue 1, Arkansas’ “tort reform” measure, was struck down last week by the Arkansas Supreme Court, preventing the chance of a very bad law being written into the state’s constitution, had it passed. But had the votes…

Annabelle Tuck – Retired Supreme Court Justice Issue 1 is not the so-called “tort reform” it is advertised to be. It does much more. Under Issue 1, the legislature would take control of procedural rules in all types of court…

Former Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Marion Humphrey is challenging the ballot measure that would cap damages awarded in lawsuits and give legislative control over court rules in Arkansas. Humphry filed the lawsuit last week, challenging the proposed constitutional amendment,…