NYT Article Cites AJP Report
January 28, 2010
Yesterday’s New York Times business section featured on article on global warming litigation. The reporter cites a 2008 report published by the American Justice Partnership - the organization I head up - and the Southeastern Legal Foundation entitled, The Most Dangerous Litigation in America.
It appears that business is finally waking up to the threat these suits possess. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“…In the context of climate change, such cases were once derided as frivolous long shots that would be shot down quickly. Scott H. Segal, a lawyer for energy companies, joked in a 2004 article in Grist magazine that the cases brought “new meaning to the term ‘nuisance lawsuit.’
“No one is laughing now. In a report issued last year, Swiss Re, an insurance giant, compared the suits to those that led dozens of companies in asbestos industries to file for bankruptcy, and predicted that ‘climate change-related liability will develop more quickly than asbestos-related claims.’”