With the presidential election set to take place November 6, one of the issues that has not been at the forefront of this election season is the issue of tort reform. As that issue may be important to some of the readers of this column, what follows is a review of the tort reform position advocated by the presidential candidates.
Although the issue of tort reform has traditionally focused on medical malpractice and health insurance issues, changes in those areas could obviously impact other areas of personal injury litigation. In fact, if tort reform is ever passed in its entirety, these changes could drastically impact the way the plaintiffs bar and the defense bar conduct business in civil litigation matters.
