Three Republican holdouts in the Georgia Senate got on board with Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, showing the state’s Republican leader remains at the height of his political power well into his second term.
The bills cleared a big hurdle this week by passing out of a Senate committee, at the same time Kemp has been negotiating with potential detractors and marshalling a lobbying and advertising campaign.
Proponents say the legislation, which they call tort reform, would help businesses, physicians, property owners and others save money from frivolous lawsuits and lower insurance rates. Opponents say there’s no proof insurance rates would drop and worry people won’t win compensation when they’re wronged.
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