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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced a sweeping overhaul of the state’s legal system in two bills introduced Jan. 30 in the General Assembly, as state trucking officials and others looked on.
“The status quo is unacceptable and tort reform is desperately needed,” Kemp declared. “Grocery stores, hospitals, road pavers, small business owners, truckers, restaurants, mom and pop stores, retailers, gas stations, doctors, child care facilities and hardworking Georgians across our state are all telling us the same thing: Georgia needs tort reform and they need it now.”
The reform package comes as Georgia’s trucking companies face mounting pressure from nuclear verdicts and rising insurance costs. The governor’s office cited a five-year i…
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