Tort Reform in Louisiana

The Lousiana Legsilative session began last Monday, and a bunch of tort reform bills have been introduced: 

• HB 799 – prohibiting contingency fees in outside counsel contracts
• HB 482 & 483 – venue in latent disease cases 
• HB 917 – lowering the monetary threshold required for a jury trial to $0
• HB 925 & SB 414 – regulation of the lawsuit lending industry

Coalition for Common Sense has links to the bills and a summary of the bills’ status.

– SBS