Personal Injury Law

Opinion: Courts Need Sunshine Law

By Edward Bills

Lawmakers should enact legislation that prevents corporations from hiding details about dangerous products through court secrecy, according to an opinion piece published in the National Law Journal. Secrecy within the civil justice system, argues Les Weisbrod of the American Association for Justice, puts consumers at risk and allows negligent companies to profit from defective products. The enactment of a Sunshine in Litigation Act, says Weisbrod, would allow judges to better handle secrecy agreements and help the public gain access to information about unsafe products.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).