Joanne Doroshow is Executive Director of the Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D), based in New York City. CJ&D is the first national consumer organization dedicated exclusively to educating the public about the importance of the civil justice system. She is also co-founder of Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of 100 consumer groups from around the country working to strengthen oversight of insurance industry practices. Joanne also helps to edit CJ&D's blog, ThePopTort.com
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong by Raymond Bonner
An elderly white woman was killed in a South Carolina town in 1982. Police arrested a mentally disabled black man for the crime; a jury found him guilty and a judge sentenced him to death. Such began a 30 year struggle for truth and justice. The story of Edward Lee ...
Federal Medical Malpractice Bill Gets Hilarious Treatment
Here's a repost from our blog, ThePopTort: We love finding folks who share our irreverent approach to life. Not easy when it comes to civil justice issues! But here's one, about H.R. 5 - the medical negligence, nursing home and drug company immunity bill - that fortunately has somewhat stalled ...
Watch Hot Coffee, a Powerful New Film on HBO June 27
If you know anything about the so-called "tort reform" movement in the United States, you may know that it has turned the civil jury system into an embattled and vulnerable institution. From at least the 1980s until today, this country has experienced a non-stop barrage of legislative and, in some ...
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May 2nd, 2012
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong by Raymond Bonner
An elderly white woman was killed in a South Carolina town in 1982. Police arrested a mentally disabled black man for the crime; a jury ...
August 1st, 2011
Federal Medical Malpractice Bill Gets Hilarious Treatment
Here's a repost from our blog, ThePopTort: We love finding folks who share our irreverent approach to life. Not easy when it comes to civil ...
June 27th, 2011
Watch Hot Coffee, a Powerful New Film on HBO June 27
If you know anything about the so-called "tort reform" movement in the United States, you may know that it has turned the civil jury system ...
August 1st, 2011
Federal Medical Malpractice Bill Gets Hilarious Treatment
Here's a repost from our blog, ThePopTort: We love finding folks who share our irreverent approach to life. Not easy when it comes to civil ...
June 27th, 2011
Watch Hot Coffee, a Powerful New Film on HBO June 27
If you know anything about the so-called "tort reform" movement in the United States, you may know that it has turned the civil jury system ...
May 2nd, 2012
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong by Raymond Bonner
An elderly white woman was killed in a South Carolina town in 1982. Police arrested a mentally disabled black man for the crime; a jury ...
'The East'
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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