Governor Brian Kemp used his seventh State of the State Address to push lawmakers to act on what he has called his top legislative priority this year — civil litigation, or tort reform.
Kemp cast Georgia’s approach to health, budgeting, economic development and public safety as a model other states should emulate, declaring “the Georgia Way is indeed the better way.”
But the second-term governor told lawmakers gathered in the House Chamber that in his view, Georgia’s legal environment is causing rising premiums and impeding growth.
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