On Wednesday, Governor Brian Kemp vowed to keep fighting for major tort reform when the General Assembly meets in January 2025.
Kemp made this announcement at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Congressional Luncheon in Athens. Last year, he used the same event to announce that tort reform would be a key priority for 2024.
However, early in the 2024 session, Kemp realized that achieving comprehensive tort reform would take more time. Consequently, lawmakers passed a law limiting plaintiffs’ ability to sue trucking companies’ insurance carriers directly.
“We made progress this past session by creating a system to collect important data for future steps,” Kemp said. “We’re listening to all stakeholders as we gather this information.”
Kemp plans to hold a listening tour, including three roundtables, to gather input from experts and industry leaders to shape his 2025 tort reform agenda.
Efforts to pass significant tort reform have been ongoing for years. The most notable attempt was a 2005 bill that capped non-economic damages in medical malpractice and product liability cases at $350,000. The state Supreme Court struck down the law in 2010.
Since then, legislative Democrats and legal industry allies have opposed tort reform, arguing it undermines victims’ rights. Kemp supports tort reform as a measure to prevent frivolous lawsuits from raising insurance costs and hindering job creation in Georgia.
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