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Contains 13551 Collections and/or Records:
"Dangerous" - Lawsuit Abuse - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67701
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Calls for state tort reform, saying that outrageous punitive rewards are hurting business in the state. Cites national publications and nightline.
SUBJECTS: business; law; tort reform
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Positive Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Gates" - Alabama Courts - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67704
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Shots of a mock banquet where Alabama voters against lawsuit abuse cater to big business and work for tort reform. Suggests that tort reform would harm the state.
SUBJECTS: big business; law; tort reform
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Committee for a Fair Judiciary
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Image
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Parties" - Alabama Courts - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67705
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Argues against for reform, calling opponents wealthy puppets for out of state corporate money
SUBJECTS: big business; insurance companies; tort reform
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Committee for a Fair Judiciary
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Image
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"False Ads" - Alabama Courts - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67706
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Argues against tort reform, saying opponent s are in-state puppets for out-of-state money.
SUBJECTS: tort reform; campaign distortions
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Committee for a Fair Judiciary
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Image
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Contracts" - Business Council of Alabama - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67707
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Attacks the business of Alabama for its attempts to make voters responsible for every provision of every contract they sign. Shows a dishonest lawyer tricking an elderly woman into signing an unfair contract.
SUBJECTS: tort reform; big business; law
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Voices of Silicon Survivors of Alabama
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Justice" - Business Council of Alabama - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67708
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Man says that his wife is dying from faulty silicone implants and now proponents of tort reform want to make it more difficult for him to sue to companies. Urges voters to tell their legislators that people come before profits.
SUBJECTS: tort reform
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Voices of Silicon Survivors of Alabama
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Family" - Business Council of Alabama - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67709
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Argues against tort reform, showing a family losing the father, the trials of the mother with life insurance companies and lawyers, finally showing the families eviction from their homes.
SUBJECTS: tort reform
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Voices of Silicon Survivors of Alabama
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Headlines B" - Lawsuit Abuse - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67710
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Headlines from national publications criticize Alabama's lack of tort reform and history of lawsuit abuse, saying it has hurt jobs in the state.
SUBJECTS: tort reform
APCO Associates, Inc.
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Negative Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Endorsement/Revised" - Vote for Consumer Protection Act - [Alabama] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1996, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1445-67700
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Listing of organizations supporting a new consumer protection act and encouraging voters to do so as well.
SUBJECTS: consumer protection
H&C Political Media
FORMAT: 1" videotape
COMMUNICATION TYPE: Positive Issue
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00
"Illinois-Children" - Illinois Democratic Party - [Illinois] - [Democratic] - Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns - 1995, 1996
Item — ColdStorage: 1
Identifier: P-1363-64793
Scope and Contents
SUMMARY: Voiceover children in poverty, can't afford health care, cut environmental protection, candidate plan to protect medicare, budget, children.
SUBJECTS: budget; children; medicare
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE: Democratic National Committee
FORMAT: 1" videotape
GENDER (legacy): Male
OFFICE: Ballot measures, Propositions and Issue Campaigns
NATION: United States of America
LENGTH: 00:30:00