• Rampant lawsuit abuse, aided by the Supreme Court, has boosted the “tort tax” on everything the public buys and uses to nearly $6,000 per household, according to a group working to limit the trend.
• A new report from the American Tort Reform Association said a decision by the Supreme Court this year helped to open up the number of state courts that can accept suits against out-of-state companies, sparking a rise in “litigation tourism.”

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