ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments, arguing that suits are driving up insurance and business costs.
“The laws on our books make it too easy to bring frivolous lawsuits against Georgia business owners which drive up the price of insurance and stop new, good-paying jobs from ever coming to communities that need them the most,” Kemp told the Georgia of Chamber of Commerce during a speech in Athens.
He argued that the state’s high auto insurance rates were among the harms.
Kemp’s remarks brought a partisan tone to the annual chamber event, even as Democratic senator Jon Ossoff argued that a bipartisan approach was best for Georgia.
“Let’s work together,” Ossoff exhorted the largely Republican business group. “Let’s put politics aside.”