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Op-ed: Lawsuit abuse harms Maryland economy
baltimoreexaminer.com, January 20, 2009
Click here to read Todd Lamb’s latest Op-Ed from the Baltimore Examiner regarding Baltimore’s recent designation on ATRA’s watch list.

Article: Study: Baltimore 'judicial hellhole' with too many lawsuits
Examiner.com, December 17, 2008
Baltimore City's court system is "teetering along the edge of a hellhole" because of a welcoming attitude toward multimillion-dollar lawsuits, according to a new study from the American Tort Reform Foundation.

Commentary: Commentary - Todd D. Lamb: One small act of devotion
Examiner.com, February 18, 2008
What have you done for your country? How have you served the nation? With Memorial Day upon us, those can be daunting questions when compared with the service that our men and women in the military perform and the sacrifices they have made for us.

Commentary: Dr. Ron Elfenbein: Curb lawsuit abuse to compete for doctors
Examiner.com, February 18, 2008
According to most national polls, access to affordable health care is among the very top concerns for most voters.

Commentary: Lawsuit lunacy
WashingtonTimes.com, December, 20, 2007
But many of us don’t realize, even these holiday celebrations can be a source of lawsuit abuse with the help of a creative personal injury lawyer.

Editorial: Stop suing schools
The Washington Times, October 5, 2007
Universally accepted truth No. 1. Our schools, designed to produce the next generation of citizens, possessing sound mind and body—are increasingly producing neither.

Press release: Local Watchdog Group Launches Summer Advertising Campaign in Area Movie Theaters
July 24, 2007 Download Press release

Press release: MDCALA Essay Contest Scholarships awarded
July 14, 2007
A recent graduate of Owings Mills High School won top honors in a statewide essay contest sponsored by a nonprofit group that seeks to educate the public about the costs and consequences of lawsuit abuse.

Preserve Personal Responsibility in Our Laws
March, 2007
For the last century and a half, Maryland has operated by the principle which says that when both parties are negligent, they should be barred from recovering damages from each other. It is a concept steeped in common sense as well as personal responsibility, which probably explains its longevity.

Todd Lamb addresses comparative fault legislation
January 25, 2007
After a multi-year respite with a Republican in the State House, lobbyists and legislators are reassembling their forces for a battle over comparative fault in tort litigation.

Report: Study finds Maryland 5th worst state in country for tort liability
Pacific Research Institute: U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006

Editorial: Curb lawsuit abuse: Take a seat on jury
Baltimore Sun, October 20, 2006
It seems that every time we open a phone book or drive past a highway billboard or turn on the television, we are bombarded with personal-injury lawyer advertisements encouraging people to sue for anything that might go wrong.

Press release: Governor, Hartford County & Anne Arundel County proclaim Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week
Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, October 2006
The State of Maryland, Hartford County, and Anne Arundel County joined Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (MDCALA) in recognizing October 2–6th, 2006 as Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week (LAAW).

Article: MDCALA seeks common ground with jury-duty campaign
The Daily Record, August 11, 2006
A group that’s better known for antagonizing trial lawyers launched a campaign yesterday aimed at unifying the legal community and the public at large.

Press release: Legal Watchdog Group Launches Statewide Jury Service Campaign
Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, August 10, 2006
Recognizing the importance of jury service to a healthy civil justice system, Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (MDCALA) today launched a public education campaign to make Maryland citizens aware of the rights and responsibilities of this American privilege...

Letter to the Editor: Fewer willing to take the plunge
The Baltimore Sun, July 31, 2006
I applaud The Sun’s article “Fewer willing to take the plunge” (July 23) for calling attention to the disappearance of diving boards at Maryland pools because of frivolous lawsuits...

Article: Fewer willing to take the plunge
The Baltimore Sun, July 23, 2006
Litigation fears, insurance premiums make diving too risky for many pool operators.

Editorial: Slow lawsuits; charge losers fees
The Baltimore Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner, July 13, 2006
BALTIMORE - Statistics from the Baltimore City Law Department show that residents and others filed 330 lawsuits against the city from Jan. 1, 2005, to June 30, for damages totaling $312,095,299.

Letter to the Editor: Jury service a way to show patriotism
Cumberland Times News, July 12, 2006
...we at home can help protect democracy and show our patriotism in one simple way: By serving on a jury.

Letter to the Editor: Time to put an end to lawsuit abuse
The Baltimore Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner, July 12, 2006
I wish to applaud Kurt L. Schmoke’s July 6 article (“Tort reform for a healthy Baltimore and Maryland”) for its timely alarm to a growing problem.

Article: Kurt L. Schmoke: Tort reform for a healthy Baltimore and Maryland
The Baltimore Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner, July 6, 2006
BALTIMORE - After November our elected leaders will turn their attention to devising programs that will help improve the quality of life for people in Maryland.

Press release: It’s Summertime, and the “Sue-in’” is Easy
Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, June 21, 2006

MDCALA RESOURCES
• MDCALA Bulletin-Summer 2005
• MDCALA Bulletin-Winter 2004
• Maryland Teens Fear Being Sued (August 2004)

MDCALA OPINIONS
• Bring Back Personal Responsibility, Not More Lawsuits (10.2005)
• Personal Responsibility: A Life Lesson We've Forgot (9.10.04)
• Patients Pushed to Get Political (9.8.04)
• Malpractice Reform Won't Go Away (4.21.04)
• 2000 Doctors Lobby Legislators in Annapolis (1.21.04)
• Skittish Schools Need to Take a Recess (12.26.03)
• Medicial Malpractice: Feeling the Pinch Strapped (12.24.03)
• Wheel of Fortune Lawsuit (12.10.03)