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FFCJ Launches Free Online
"Legal Liability Toolkit Tutorials" for Business and
Nonprofit Managers |
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January 29, 2010
Without waiting for legislation to end lawsuit abuses, FFCJ
is providing help to business and nonprofits to help them
avoid mistakes that attract lawsuits. Each of the five free
online Legal Liability Toolkit Tutorials use 20
scenario-based examples to familiarize users with liability
principles and legal requirements. The goal is to heighten
awareness of liability pitfalls to avoid. The tutorials
were prepared and reviewed by experienced trial lawyers.
 FFCJ
Senior Fellow Bob Dorigo Jones, whose weekly “Let’s Be
Fair!” radio commentaries focus on lawsuit abuse topics,
says “We want to reduce abusive lawsuits by helping people
lower their risk exposure through education. With so many
organizations ‘one lawsuit away from bankruptcy’, they need
help now. These tutorials are easy and fun to use and go to
the heart of mistakes that generate lawsuits.”
Bob’s blog (www.bobdorigojones.com)
provides a forum for Toolkit Tutorial users to dialog about
abusive lawsuits they encounter in running businesses and
nonprofits. Bob is the creator of the blockbuster annual
Wacky Warning Labels contest.
Click on the link
below to go to the Tutorials. Click on the booklet
cover above to download the Leader's Guide for people who
want to learn how the Tutorials can provide maximum value
for their business or nonprofit staff.
For more information
about how your organization can help to promote the use of
these Tutorials and how FFCJ can help you do so, please call
Todd Young, VP Public Affairs, FFCJ, 770-317-2423 or todd@dminews.com. |
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Report Documents the High Financial Cost to Business
of Out-of-Control State Medical Liability Laws |
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 "In
its report,
Medical Crisis: A Pocketbook Matter for Employers,
the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice reveals the shocking statistics behind
the health care crisis in our nation," said
John Engler (below),
President of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and former
Governor of Michigan.
 "CEOs, small business owners, and top
executives will learn that patient access to health care directly
affects the cost of employer-paid health insurance. When a hostile legal
environment chokes the health care profession in a state, insurers raise
premiums or simply stop providing coverage," continued Engler.
"Here
is the fact: States that have expansive medical liability laws on
their books have driven doctors and healthcare facilities out of
business through sky-high malpractice insurance rates and predatory
tactics of the plaintiff’s bar,” said
Dan Pero, President of AJP. “Without basic legal reforms that protect patients and provide
relief for the health care community, patients suffer and businesses are
left holding the tab.”
Read More and Download Full Report (Updated October
2008)
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Audio Interviews |
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Dr. Lawrence McQuillan
Pacific Research Institute
In this FFCJ
exclusive interview, Dr. McQuillan joins FFCJ's Kristyn Shayon to talk
about the newly released
US Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report,
and the updated methodologies used to assemble
the two rankings produced by the study.
Listen to Interview
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Governor Bob McDonnell
Commonwealth of Virginia
When Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was
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joins Kristyn Shayon to talk
about "the terrific tort climate" in Virginia. His common sense approach
to the application of justice has helped give Virginia a top ten ranking
in several major surveys and reports of all fifty states.
Listen to Interview
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Senator Charlie Ross
Mississippi State
Senate
In this interview, Senator Ross gives us the behind the
scenes look at just how close Mississippi came to a complete
breakdown of the civil justice system, and the ensuing campaign
for comprehensive legal reform that involved significant efforts
from the business, medical and legislative communities alike.
Listen to Interview
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Op-Ed
Articles |
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June 6, 2008
Global Warming, Cooling and
the Paradox of Blame
Shannon
Goessling,
Southeastern Legal
Foundation |
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May 14, 2008
Limiting lawsuit abuses
lowers costs from litigation,
creates jobs in long run
John Engler,
National Association of
Manufacturers
& Lawrence McQuillan,
Pacific Research Institute |
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March 20, 2008
No Class
John Sullivan,
Civil Justice Association of
California |
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February 28, 2008
'Reform' groups want voters
out of the loop
Dan Pero,
American Justice Partnership |
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Essential Reference |
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With Justice For All
Andrew Napolitano,
of the FOX News Channel, moderates a
lively debate between Dick Scruggs and
Steve Hantler,
FFCJ Chairman, about the pros and cons of
legal reform and the activities of the plaintiffs' bar. |
Essential Information Series
FFCJ speaks with key business
leaders and state officials about the urgency of lawsuit
reform at the state level and what is at stake for
consumers, business and the future quality of life in
America. |
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