ALEC’s New Push to Protect Corporations from Damage Claims

[CaughtInThe]

So are you guys in favor of protecting companies when they cause damage on our citizens?


Here's how the GOP's ALEC is gonna do it...


"Jury members usually find that determining economic damages from injuries is relatively straightforward, since amounts can often be based on lost wages or medical bills, for example. By contrast, the task of fairly assessing noneconomic damages is more subjective, so juries generally find it more challenging to calculate awards for claims for “pain and suffering.” In cases of wrongful death, jurors need to take into account the plaintiff’s loss of the decedent’s love, companionship, comfort, care, assistance, protection, affection, society, moral support, and so forth.

Noneconomic damages do not include punitive damages, which are typically awarded when the defendant’s behavior is found to be especially or knowingly egregious.

In 2014, ALEC adopted model legislation that would cap noneconomic damages. Currently, 11 states cap noneconomic damages in general tort or personal injury cases. Unable to pass this legislation in most other states, ALEC’s new model bill is an attempt to find another way to limit noneconomic damages.

ALEC has a history of turning out model legislation that makes it more difficult for people to sue for damages due to unsafe products or workplaces."

ALEC’s New Push to Protect Corporations from Damage Claims - EXPOSEDbyCMD

The American Legislative Exchange Council is promoting new model legislation designed to limit awards by juries in injury lawsuits.

www.exposedbycmd.org

 

[Razoo]

ALEC GOP legislators do not write legislation. ALEC designs legislation behind closed doors. Often ALEC
legislators gather at high end hotels and such for conferences at which point they receive documents
that get presented in state legislatures, on capitol hill, boards of education etc etc etc.

Please be advised journalists are most often NOT invited to these conferences. No matter that legislators
on our tax dollar payrolls, certain legislators that is, are invited to operate secretly and collect campaign dollars at the same time.

ALEC is the pusher of Privatization of Government Svcs as a means to divert trillions of tax dollars into
private bank accounts, investments aka guaranteed profits.

 

[CaughtInThe]

ALEC GOP legislators do not write legislation. ALEC designs legislation behind closed doors. Often ALEC
legislators gather at high end hotels and such for conferences at which point they receive documents
that get presented in state legislatures, on capitol hill, boards of education etc etc etc.

The power behind the scenes.

 

[CaughtInThe]

this doesn't appear to be a popular thread with the Republican base.

 

[Razoo]

Massive deregulation is ALEC. ALEC the leading manufacturer of legislation though not elected to be. Deregulation is not healthy for very damn many.

The absolute king pins of massive misinformation distribution on just about any issue ......... liars liars liars all the pants on fire ....

 

[Razoo]

What is ALEC - ALEC Exposed​

https://www.alecexposed.org › wiki › What_is_ALEC
ALEC describes itself as a non-partisan, non-profit organization. The facts show that it currently has one Democrat out of 104 legislators in leadership ...

 

[Razoo]

Holding ALEC Accountable | Join the Movement​

https://www.commoncause.org › ... › Money & Influence
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate lobbying group that brings together corporate lobbyists and politicians to draft and vote — as ...

 

[CaughtInThe]

Holding ALEC Accountable | Join the Movement​

https://www.commoncause.org › ... › Money & Influence
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate lobbying group that brings together corporate lobbyists and politicians to draft and vote — as ...

they really have a ton of power and are as anti-consumer as it gets.