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Throughout October, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse groups across the country are reaching out in their communities in honor of Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week. Groups are hosting roundtables, fundraisers and taking to their local newspapers and airwaves to highlight the problem of lawsuit abuse.

Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week serves as an annual reminder to us all of the detriment abusive and frivolous lawsuits on our society.

Lawsuit abuse hurts our economy, our healthcare system and our personal freedoms. Too many American jobs have been lost to lawsuits because of the strain that frivolous lawsuits put on businesses and public entities.

Project Lawsuit Abuse loves talking about jobs. And who doesn’t right now? At a time like this, we’re relieved that the jobs issue seems to be on everyone’s minds.

Let’s talk about President Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act. While the legislation includes provisions aimed to aide small businesses – hopefully allowing them to hire and grow – the plan emerges as just another missed opportunity to institute common sense tort reform.

Tort reform should be included in any jobs plan that moves forward in Congress. If the United States is serious about job creation, we need to look at where jobs are being created and why they’re being created in those places.

Survey says… “Two-thirds of California voters think the number of lawsuits filed against businesses or public entities in California has hurt the state’s economy.”

That’s according to a survey conducted by Charlton Research Co. for California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as reported by the Sacramento Business Journal.

The survey of 600 Californians found that “more than seven out of 10 voters think California’s liability laws make it harder for employers to succeed in the state — and 74 percent think enacting lawsuit reform is an important part of improving the business climate.”

Some interesting information came our way today: this year alone, at least 18 states have passed legislation to improve the business climates in states.

According to UPI, these changes range from class-action filing to property liability.

Here at Project Lawsuit Abuse, we’ve been following and advocating for the reform movements in states such as Wisconsin and Alabama. In Alabama, wrongful death, product liability and expert witness reforms were signed into law, along with others. Wisconsin introducing a sweeping lawsuit-limitation measure aimed at helping spark job creation in the state.