The way to solve Louisiana's high auto insurance rates may be at the ballot box, according to a legal reform expert.
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch condemns the record-high insurance costs while emphasizing the role that voters play in the potential for tort reform. A brief statement published in The Advocate calls upon Louisianans to not vote for anyone who will not support tort reform.
“Louisiana taxpayers are concerned about the high cost of auto insurance – and rightly so. The legislature’s failure to move beyond the status quo will ensure that civil justice reform is a priority issue in this fall’s elections,” Lana Venable, executive director of LLAW, told Louisiana Record.
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch Executive Director Lana Sonnier Venable
| Photo courtesy of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch
According to The Advocate, Gov. John Bel Edwards has done little-to-nothing to bring about sustainable tort reform, as have other government entities, such as the Senate Judiciary A Committee which shot down H.B. 372, sponsored by Rep. Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge), a rate reform measure. A number of other tort-related bills have also failed since Edwards has been in office.
“Louisianans are tired of paying the second-highest rates in the country to insure their vehicles and will have an opportunity to do something about it at the ballot box,” Venable said.