Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch
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Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch is a non-profit 501 c(4) organization based in Novi, Michigan
. It was created in 1997 with the goal to increase public awareness of what it views as the burden of "excessive litigation" is placing on families, job providers and communities in the United States and to promote policies to restore common sense to the civil justice system.
M-LAW holds itself out as a "grassroots
" legal reform organization of consumers, businesses, professionals, community leaders, and other supporters who want to eliminate the negative effects many personal injury lawyer
s have had on America.
, is the author of Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever.
Novi, Michigan
Novi is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,224, an increase over the 2000 census count of 47,386. The city is located approximately northwest of the center of Detroit, and northeast of the center of Ann Arbor. The city is located...
. It was created in 1997 with the goal to increase public awareness of what it views as the burden of "excessive litigation" is placing on families, job providers and communities in the United States and to promote policies to restore common sense to the civil justice system.
M-LAW holds itself out as a "grassroots
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
" legal reform organization of consumers, businesses, professionals, community leaders, and other supporters who want to eliminate the negative effects many personal injury lawyer
Personal injury lawyer
A personal injury lawyer is a lawyer who provides legal representation to those who claim to have been injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence or wrongdoing of another person, company, government agency, or other entity....
s have had on America.
Wacky Warning Label Contest
The organization sponsors several projects each year designed to focus public attention on what it views to be the side-effects associated with life in what it calls the most lawsuit-happy society on earth. Its popular Wacky Warning Label Contest receives worldwide media attention every January when its list of the wackiest warning labels is released. The contest was created to reveal how lawsuits have created the need for obvious warning labels on all sorts of consumer products. Each year, the grand prize winner receives a check for $500 and a copy of the bestselling book, The Death of Common Sense, by Philip K. Howard. M-LAW's president, Robert Dorigo JonesRobert Dorigo Jones
Robert B. Dorigo Jones is the author of the bestselling book Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever and host of the weekly radio commentary series "Let's Be Fair"...
, is the author of Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever.