EDITORIAL: Louisiana has chance to shed car insurance burden; don’t let greedy lawyers kill it
We're No. 2, and we can't afford that.
Lawmakers should help untangle the legal system that, uniquely in
The debate was joined over House Bill 372 by state Rep.
It's a complicated bill --and perhaps not likely to pass in a Legislature dominated by many lawyers of both parties.
There are also arguments against Talbot's procedural fixes. Among other things, judges worry that a slew of jury trials over injuries in car wrecks would cram up the courts. An alliance of judges and lawyer-legislators -- who often want to be judges when they grow up -- is a tough obstacle.
Even if some form of the bill passes the Legislature, Gov.
But if Talbot's bill is defeated, it would put legislators -- and perhaps, ultimately, the governor -- on record as defending the status quo while families struggle with bigger bills than they can afford every six months for car insurance.
No one can argue that there are not other important factors in car insurance rates. Distracted driving is causing wrecks, and personal responsibility is an important part of the solution.
Many poor families, as Insurance Commissioner
And except for a few jurisdictions like
As it now stands, the lucky winners of the litigation bingo are the lawyers and a few plaintiffs, while consumers at large pay and pay and pay.
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