Governor Kemp is pushing for tort reform to be a major issue before legislators in the coming 2024 session of the General Assembly. According to the governor, the aim is to reduce the ease with which frivolous lawsuits can be brought against Georgia business owners which is said to drive up the cost of insurance and prevent overall business development.
Late last year, the American Tort Reform Association named Georgia the nation’s No.-1 “judicial hellhole” in its annual report on states with the worst climate for tort claims. But opponents of tort reform say business groups have manufactured a “lawsuit crisis” to convince lawmakers to pass reform legislation, exaggerating the problem by cherry-picking cases they present as examples.
