Lawsuit Abuse Hurts All Californians

"At a time when funding for education is being cut across the state, every available dollar could be better spent in the classroom rather than the courtroom."

Katherine H. Smith, Trustee of the Anaheim Union High School District

“All we’re asking for is fairness. Give us 30 days to fix our violations before forcing us to pay legal costs. Access should be the priority, not financial gain.”

Lee Ky, Doughnuts to Go

“My restaurant welcomes people with disabilities, but the enforcement and code compliance process used by our legal system guarantees excessively high costs even for businesses like mine that are perfectly willing to adapt our facility to serve everyone.”

Micheal O’Leary, owner, Joxer Daly’s Irish Pub; Vice Mayor, Culver City

“Our state is in financial ruin and we have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, yet our courts and legislature push an aggressive pro-lawsuit agenda that makes it that much harder to attract business and for businesses that are here to succeed and provide the jobs our community needs.”

Travis Haushauer, Squeeze Inn

"When greedy trial lawyers are able to take monetary punishment into their own hands, extort money from small business and the families that own them, making themselves a handsome profit with no benefit to the public, we know we are in dire need of reform in the court system."

Barry E. Zanck, Americap Direct Funding

“Our courts are intended to be used to ensure fairness, but when they are used for greed it is anything but fair. Small businesses, our employees and our customers should not bear the financial burden of filling trial-lawyers’ already full pockets with even more money.”

David Houston, Barney’s Beanery