Comment on the the claims that tort reform is needed to protect jobs

While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce continues to claim that there is a correlation between litigation by consumers against corporations and job loss a survey on “Small Business Problems & Priorities” by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), a “small business” lobby group that is one of the Chamber’s allies ranks consumer litigation as number 65 out of a possible 75 matters that small businesses care about.  The Center for Justice and Democracy has a comment here.

The Boston Personal Injury blog also has a comment on the issue here.