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Welcome to VOTERS for Justice . . .
PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT
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. We urge the General Assembly to restore justice and meaningful conduct standards, so all drivers clearly understand expectations and consequences bringing our state together with 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 reign in insurance fraud and lawsuit abuse by advocating for reforms to our civil litigation system.
Mission
Free earnest businesses and citizens with earned assets from targeted, abusive lawsuits by instilling fairness, transparency, consistency, and personal responsibility
in our courts.
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The Problem:
South Carolina’s injury law & lawsuit “system” allows it to be easily milked and abused. This can take the form of perverse incentives for injury lawyers to single out even minimally at-fault parties in an accident to grab insurance money from any party they can.
The result is fault-shifting and judgement-stacking is discriminatory and has led to unbridled abuse.
Mistakes can trigger unwarranted claims, unbridled jury “jackpot awards”, and punitive financial punishment which shocks unsuspecting insurance writers.
There are no limits on what a jury can award.
Lawyer-legislators control judges.
50%
is the share of fault an injured person can have and still sue others for damages
33.3%*
of a client’s claim award is the amount pocketed by injury lawyers
* plus expenses – but some get more!
26
votes needed to pass fairness reforms in the S.C. Senate
(The Speaker of the House essentially determines how the House “Republican” Majority takes up.)
87%
of Republican voters support changing SC law so each person only pays damages based on their actual share of fault
18%
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.