Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse highlights awareness week, calls for legal reform

Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) announced on the social media platform X that it has promoted Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week 2025, encouraging legal reform and linking to a YouTube video.

According to CALA's post, the message is tied to the 2025 Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, which frames frivolous filings as detrimental to job growth and community investment. The awareness week, running from October 6–10, is utilized by allied groups to promote public education and mobilization around civil justice reforms. CALA’s feed amplifies shareable media, including a "Jackpot Justice" video, aiming to extend awareness beyond policy circles into local business communities that argue they bear the hidden costs of litigation.

Empirical cost estimates are central to the campaign’s argument. The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform reports that total U.S. tort costs reached approximately $529 billion in 2022—about 2.1% of GDP and more than $4,200 per household—rising at an average rate of 7.1% annually from 2016–2022. Advocates assert that reversing this trend through targeted reforms would alleviate pressure on prices, insurance premiums, and municipal budgets, thereby improving conditions for small-business hiring and investment that CALA emphasizes in its outreach.

Household-focused modeling further quantifies the burden of excessive litigation. A 2025 Perryman Group analysis estimates that U.S. consumers face roughly $674.4 billion in combined inflation and earnings impacts linked to excess tort costs—approximately $2,014 per person and $5,135 per household. The study also highlights earnings losses near $354.4 billion annually. CALA and its partners cite such figures to argue that curbing lawsuit abuse acts as broad-based cost-of-living relief while maintaining access to legitimate remedies for injured parties.

Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is a grassroots network comprising local and state-level organizations advocating for civil justice reforms and public education on the costs associated with lawsuit abuse. Chapters like CALA of Central Texas collaborate with small businesses, community leaders, and consumers to promote fairness and predictability in courts through outreach, media engagement, and policy advocacy. The coalition positions itself as pro-growth and consumer-protective, seeking to reduce abusive litigation while preserving legitimate claims.