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Decades of Environmental Disasters Show Role of Civil Justice System in Holding Polluters Accountable |
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New AAJ report examines how the civil justice system has protected the environment
Washington, DC—AAJ - As the devastation from BP’s oil rig disaster grows, a new report released today by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) illustrates how corporations have evaded U.S. environmental laws for decades, only to be later held accountable and responsible for clean-up through the civil justice system.
The report examines how laws passed in the 1960s and 1970s were supposed to protect the environment, but lax enforcement left corporations with little incentive to comply. Ultimately, trial attorneys were the ones who sought justice for communities destroyed by corporate polluters.
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Civil Justice System Spurs Auto Safety Innovation |
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 New AAJ report shows how design defect litigation has led to safer vehicles
Washington D.C.— AAJ - As the fallout from Toyota’s sudden acceleration fiasco continues, a new report released today by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) illustrates how similar vehicle design defects, when brought to light by the civil justice system, have spurred innovations in auto safety.
The report explains that since the 1960s, design defect litigation has
enforced safety standards, revealed previously concealed defects and
regulatory weaknesses, and deterred manufacturers from cutting corners
on safety for the goal of greater profits.
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AAJ: FDA 510(k) Device Approval Process Not Protecting Health and Safety of Patients |
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FDA should require post-market surveillance, have power to repeal 510(k) medical device approvals
Washington, DC—AAJ - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should require post-market surveillance of 510(k) medical devices and have the power to repeal clearances if new safety data becomes available, according to comments submitted today by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). The comments are in response to the FDA’s on-going efforts to strengthen the medical device approval process.
The 510(k) process is used to approve medical devices that are substantially equivalent to medical devices already in the marketplace. In its submitted comments, AAJ states that “this process has not been as vigorous and robust as necessary to protect the safety and health of patients.”
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Health care reform should improve safety, not restrict rights of patients |
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Washington, DC—AAJ - As President Obama and Congressional leaders prepare for tomorrow’s health care summit, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) is today reminding lawmakers to remember the 98,000 patients killed every year by preventable medical errors and how restricting their legal rights will not fix America’s broken health care system.
“Opponents of reform have repeatedly attacked injured patients and used the malpractice issue to hijack the health care debate,” said AAJ President Anthony Tarricone. “If health care reform makes medicine safer, then fewer patients will need legal recourse – a win for everyone. But it is unconscionable to tell injured patients that they should be left with no recourse if injured through no fault of their own.”
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ATRA’s “Hellholes”: Bankrolled by Insurance, Tobacco, Big Pharma |
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Washington, DC - AAJ —The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) today peddled its debunked and recycled “Hellholes” annual report – an effort bankrolled by insurance, tobacco, and drug companies to attack the civil justice system and gain complete immunity for their negligent behavior.
“For years, the most deceitful and predatory corporations have used front groups like ATRA to prevent everyday Americans from receiving justice,” said American Association for Justice Communications Director Ray De Lorenzi. “As our country emerges from this current financial crisis, people realize more than ever why a strong civil justice system is needed to hold wrongdoers accountable. ATRA’s report is yet another indication that corporations will say or do anything to weaken Americans’ basic legal protections.”
ATRA has been funded by corporate giants such as Philip Morris,
Dow Chemical, Exxon, General Electric, Aetna, Geico, State Farm,
Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Nationwide
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