STATEMENT FROM CITIZENS AGAINST LAWSUIT ABUSE

RE: Failure of Proposition 79

All comments may be attributed to Maryann Maloney executive director of Orange County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA):

“Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, along with California voters, saw through the veiled attempt by the personal injury lawyers in Proposition 79 and defeated the initiative that would have made all Californians sick.  

In November 2004, Californians overwhelmingly passed Prop 64 to end shakedown lawsuits that had been plaguing California for decades. Prop 79 was an underhanded attempt to re-create the same kind of lawsuits the voters stopped when they passed Prop 64, only this time they went after our medications.

“The results of Prop 79 should serve as a very clear and very loud wake up call to personal injury lawyers that Californians have been well educated on the costs of lawsuit abuse. It’s plain to see that Californians don’t want another law that makes a few lawyers rich at the expense of the rest of us. Here’s hoping our elected leaders get the message too.”

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Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is a nonprofit, grassroots public education organization with more than 4,000 supporters throughout the Orange County region. More information is available at www.occala.org.

 

Background
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) was formed in the fall of 1993 as a California corporation to combat the current bureaucracy that perpetuates the state's costly avalanche of lawsuits. This grassroots organization was formed in response to a civil justice system that encourages both people to sue and lawyers to take advantage of victims. Our leadership is a group of small business and professional people from the greater Orange County area who are all united in our passion for meaningful reform of an out-of-control civil litigation system. We believe that tort reform has not been adequately addressed by our lawmakers because of the influence of special interest groups on the legislative process. We feel the public must become engaged in the debate over legal reform before California can solve it's lawsuit crisis.

Mission Statement
CALA's mission is to educate the public about the impact of lawsuit abuse on consumers and California's economy, thereby creating a climate for change.

Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) is a nonprofit corporation. Contributions or gifts to CALA are not deductible as charitable contributions. However, they may be deductible as a business expense as indicated under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Checks should be made payable to Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA). You may also donate with your credit card via PayPal. Thank you.

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