Rein-in Lawsuit Abuse…
Stabilize Insurance Premiums… End the Search for the “Deep Pocket”… Become An Advocate today
. . . and make a DIFFERENCE!
Welcome to VOTERS for Justice . . .
PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT
Citizens injured by others have a right to pursue reasonable restitution from the party(ies) who cause injuries. Vehicle owners must buy insurance for that purpose.
We do not condemn or criticize those who serve in the trenches protecting the rights of injured South Carolinians, nor seek to create division or unnecessary controversy. But, we urge the General Assembly to restore justice by passing meaningful and reasonable lawsuit “system” reforms, so all drivers clearly understand expectations and consequences while bringing our state back together trusting in a fair and equitable system of civil justice.
Vision
SC’s vehicle operators, supply chain-related sectors, and insurance premium payers engaging in a unified campaign to rein-in insurance fraud and lawsuit abuse through advocacy.
Mission
Free earnest businesses and citizens with earned assets from targeted, abusive lawsuits by instilling fairness, transparency, consistency, and personal responsibility
in our courts.
IT’S SIMPLE
Learn
Sign Up
Engage
Your voice is the critical tool that shapes public policy impacting the supply chain and the consumers of goods, services – and insurance.
Click the form >>> to join the VOTERs for Justice movement and get timely updates on our efforts!
The Problem:
South Carolina’s injury law & lawsuit “system” is easily milked and abused. This perversely incentivizes injury lawyers to pick and choose even minimally at-fault parties in an accident to grab insurance money from any party they can – while pocketing upwards of 40% for themselves.
This results in fault-shifting and judgement-stacking, and created unbridled economic abuse and excessive redistribution of earnings.
Ordinary and unintended mistakes can trigger excessive, even fraudulent claims, unbridled jury “jackpot awards”, and punitive financial punishment no one can anticipate. This roils insurance markets.
Reasonable restitution is the goal of good public policy. But greed has no limits.
Only your Senators and House members can restore justice and insurance stability.
50%
is the share of fault an injured person can have and still sue others for damages
33.3%+*
of a client’s monetary restitution is the amount pocketed by injury lawyers
* plus expenses – some get more!
15 & 26
There are at least 15 injury lawyers in the State Senate; 26 in the SC House of Representatives. But they vote as a bloc and can stop and stifle reforms.
89%
of Republican voters support changing SC law so each person only pays restitution based on their actual share of fault
78%
of voters say lawsuit marketers prioritize maximizing their contingency fees over justice for their clients.
Resources
Declaration of Defense
An outline of the concerns and grievances related to abusive lawsuits targeting insurance policies, supply chain businesses and citizens with earned assets, particularly those operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) on public highways, and the call for legislative action to address these issues.
Glossary of Terms
A list of commonly used words and phrases relating to liability reform, defined in layman’s terms.
How Did We Get Here?
This “Modern History of Auto Liability in South Carolina” highlights the challenges faced by SC-based truck fleets due to excessive and anti-competitive liability in accident litigation, driven by a series of Supreme Court decisions and legislative inertia.
Auto insurance costs are skyrocketing, and inflated settlement demands and runaway jury verdicts are passed on to consumers, creating social inflation.
Our homegrown truckers’ story
A historical account regarding liability laws and lawsuit abuse issues in South Carolina, tracing the origin and evolution of contributory negligence doctrine, comparative negligence, and various legal decisions and legislative efforts related to tort reform in the state over the past few decades.
Social Inflation
Insight into how regulators are scrutinizing the phenomenon of “social inflation” driving up liability costs across the insurance industry. It highlights the National Association of Insurance Commission’s in-depth look at social inflation’s role in rising property & casualty losses and emerging legal risks.