American Tort Reform Association

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), an umbrella group heavily funded by the tobacco industry, coordinated the business community s lobbying efforts at the federal level and provided resources to more than forty affiliated state organizations. A separate entity, called the Product Liability Coordinating Committee (PLCC), purported to represent more than 700,000 companies and small business organizations, but its primary supporters were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, and the National Association... 

Ronald Reagan, Remarks to Members of the American Tort Reform Association, May 30,1986 Sugarman, Taking Advantage, 340 Kriz, Liability Lobbying. 

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