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Ken Kilpatrick, Education Director, Patients And Physicians Alliance

The crisis of public health in Pennsylvania - driven by lawsuit abuse. 
Ken Kilpatrick of PAPA (formerly Politically Active Physicians Association) talks frankly about the impact of the medical liability crisis in Pennsylvania - a crisis that has led to doctors and specialists fleeing the state, mothers and babies without maternity wards and unnecessary deaths among the state's population.

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Governor Haley Barbour and CFA President Dan Pero

Need more evidence that lawsuit abuse reform creates concrete benefits?  Reforms have led to stunning improvements in Mississippi that the trial bar cannot refute. In this short CFA video interview, Governor Haley Barbour and Dan Pero talk about the concrete benefits to small business and consumers in Mississippi resulting from lawsuit abuse reform legislation. (14 minutes)

Medical liability rates had been "skyrocketing" before reforms, and now they are down significantly.  In the 12 months prior to reform, there were 2,474 medical liability lawsuits against physicians compared with 270 lawsuits afterwards. Doctors are going back to practicing a full range of medical services and all this helps to keep employees on the job and reduce employee healthcare costs.

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The Home Depot's Bernie Marcus and

CFA Chairman Steve Hantler

December 2006

Todd Young interviews The Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus and CFA Chairman Steven Hantler about the importance of CEO involvement in achieving and protecting legal reform gains at the state level.  You'll learn why Bernie Marcus feels that entrepreneurship in America is seriously threatened by the trial bar.  (14 minutes)

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Governor Marc Racicot, American Insurance Association

December 2006

In this CFA interview, former Montana Governor and AIA President Marc Racicot talks about AIA's involvement in legal reform at the state level, and why he feels it is vital for company owners, managers and CEOs to be personally involved in supporting legal reform.

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Governor Joe Manchin, West Virginia

October 2006

In this interview with CFA, Governor Joe Manchin III (D) of West Virginia joins us to talk the legal reforms enacted into law through a collaborative effort with industry and the trial bar, and how these reforms have saved millions of dollars for West Virginia consumers and businesses.

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Former Governor John Engler, Michigan

September 2005

In this CFA interview, former Michigan Governor and current president of the National Association of Manufacturers John Engler talks about the importance of legal reform for a strong economy and the preservation of America's manufacturing industry.

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Spotlight on Michigan's Supreme Court

Chief Justice Cliff Taylor

Michigan Supreme Court

The Wall Street Journal has called the Michigan Supreme Court the “finest court in the land.” In this interview, CFA's Kristyn Shayon discusses with Michigan’s Chief Justice Cliff Taylor some of the factors which must have been considered by the Journal before making such a statement.

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Attorney General Bob McDonnell

Commonwealth of Virginia

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell 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.

Senator Glenn Coffee

Oklahoma State Senate

Senator Coffee, Republican Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate and a nine-year leader of legal reform legislation, talks with CFA's Kristyn Shayon about this year's comprehensive legal reform bill and the stunning last-minute flip-flop by Governor Brad Henry.

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.

Lew Ebert

President

North Carolina Chamber

Lew Ebert, President, The North Carolina Chamber, joins us to talk about the 2007 legislative session, and the business community's success in turning back the plaintiff bar's efforts to extend the statute of repose.

Ed Murnane

President

Illinois Civil Justice League

Ed Murnane joins CFA to recap the successful efforts of ICJL in the 2007 legislative session in taking on a uniquely aggressive trial bar, as well as some behind the scenes understanding of several of ICJL's ongoing initiatives.

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Finding Solutions for Health Care in the Courts

Philip Howard, Chair

Common Good

Philip Howard, Common Good Founder and Chair, joins Kristyn Shayon for this special edition of Partner Spotlight. On May 24, 2007, bipartisan bills were introduced into both houses of Congress to create pilot projects that will improve medical justice - including the creation of special health courts.

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Open For Business

Steve Roberts, President

West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

Steve shares with us the political and legislative outlook for West Virginia in 2007 and discusses the role the state supreme court plays in protecting legislative success.

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Remove Child Before Folding

Bob Dorigo-Jones, President

Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (M-LAW)

Bob talks with Kristyn Shayon about his new book, Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest, and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, and the results of this year's Wacky Warning Label contest. 

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