Donna Rolando News
American Tort Reform Association president: 'Litigation finds its home where it's most favorable'
By Donna Rolando | Jun 11, 2024
As Florida embarks on legal reform, Sunshine State lawyers seeking big bucks may eye greener pastures in Georgia, where millions channeled into attorney ads are feeding a system ranked the nation’s No. 1 Judicial Hellhole.
GMTA’s campaign to stop lawsuit abuse raises question: ‘What is Wrong with Georgia?’
By Donna Rolando | Apr 26, 2024
The $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Company for a 2014 rollover crash that killed a Georgia couple—considered the state’s largest award ever—has become the poster child for lawsuit reform.
ATA vice president, in dogged fight against seatbelt gag rule: ‘Persistence often pays off’
By Donna Rolando | Apr 25, 2024
With wind in its sails from the recent repeal of Indiana’s “seatbelt gag rule’’—and other victories nationwide, the American Trucking Association (ATA) has pledged to keep the momentum going on a similar reversal in Georgia.
American Tort Reform Association president: 'Comprehensive tort reform measures should be a top priority in 2025 to restore balance and fairness to Georgia's legal climate'
By Donna Rolando | Apr 18, 2024
Sherman "Tiger" Joyce underscored the need to wipe off the books a gag order that makes seatbelt use, or neglect, so hush-hush that juries are kept in the dark as they contemplate major awards