colorado civil justice league
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Q&A with Mark Hillman: At home at the Capitol or down on the farm
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Mark Hillman may be the kind of guy Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he extolled the virtues of America’s “yeoman farmer.” Born in Burlington on the eastern plains, raised on his family’s farm, Hillman early on became a sort of rural Renaissance Man. A plowman-politician who by his 20s had also worked as a…
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Tort-reform organization honors 55 lawmakers, cities construction defects breakthrough
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The Colorado Civil Justice League cited breakthrough tort-reform legislation this year as it honored 55 of the legislature’s 100 members Friday at the Four Seasons hotel in Denver. “Common sense in the courtroom requires justice for those who have been wronged, balanced by fairness for those who may be wrongfully accused,” CCJL executive director Mark…
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State lawmakers lauded for ‘commitment to curtailing lawsuit abuse’
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Tort-reforming Colorado Civil Justice League has announced a lengthy list of state lawmakers who will be feted at a league luncheon Oct. 20 for their efforts in the statehouse to curb excessive litigation. A press release from the league Tuesday said the legislators will receive the “Common Sense in the Courtroom Award,” along with a satisfying meal,…
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One thing not on the menu at this year’s CCLJ awards luncheon…
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…is torte. Because it sounds too much like tort. (Sorry; just had to go there.) Even though one’s luscious and the other’s litigious, they’re still too easy to confuse. OK, to be precise, we don’t actually know what’s on the menu at the Colorado Civil Justice League‘s annual Legislative Awards Luncheon Oct. 20 in Denver;…
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Q&A w/Brad Jones: ColoradoPolitics.com reconnects with a onetime political pot stirrer
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Remember Brad Jones? Not all that long ago, he was the enfant terrible of conservative-libertarian politics in Colorado. You may recall his tenure as the young man behind the upstart blog Face The State, which among other things exposed an email exchange between two Democratic state lawmakers bashing school choice; it led to the virtual…
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A new(-ish) kid on the block in Colorado’s perennial feud over tort reform
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The Colorado Civil Justice League long has served as the state’s standard bearer for tort reform. Working with prominent business groups, the league has taken the lead in advocating policies that rein in what it sees as runaway litigation and unwarranted damages awards that can cripple the economy. Up against those efforts? The proverbial plaintiffs’ bar – the state’s…
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Another report card for the 2017 session: This time, lawmakers get a ‘B’
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To the cheers of the business community and the jeers of the plaintiff’s bar, the Colorado Civil Justice League regularly champions public policies to rein in what it contends is excessive, costly litigation. Generally speaking, legislation at the Capitol that would make it easier to sue, or to reap larger damages awards, gets a thumbs-down from the advocacy…
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Watered-down ‘ban the box’ bill still a bummer to business community
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Legislation to bar employers from inquiring about the criminal history of job applicants underwent nips and tucks last week to soften its impact before being approved by majority Democrats in the state House today on a party-line vote. Among the tweaks amended into House Bill 1305 was the removal of provisions that some critics said set up a…
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A reminder that Republicans can run afoul of tort reform too
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Even amid the ever-shifting alliances of hardball politics, there are some loyalties you generally can rely on. You know, like how the environmentalists, the abortion-rights advocates and the trial lawyers are generally in the Democrats’ corner. And the gun owners, the right-to-lifers and the fossil fuelers — to say nothing of the tort reformers — will line up with the GOP.…
