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To: grania

In Texas the illegal alien users formed Texans for Lawsuit Reform and got what they wanted to immunize themselves from faulty construction, chinese drywall,etc..
They tinkered with the TX Constitution and chased the trial lawyers out of the state thereby cutting off donations to the D party
Sounds like a good plan but...
if you or a loved one really do have a claim for medmal or otherwise you can’t find a lawyer to take your case...
It works both ways...
If we can tinker with “trial by jury” then by extension the Second Amendment is also game here.


7 posted on 03/14/2014 7:35:38 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: magna carta

I’m not sure about how the reform worked in Texas, but the intent is not to prevent someone who is injured from recovering actual and expected future damages due to that injury. It is to limit the “punitive” damages - money not intended to reimburse the plaintiff for costs incurred or income lost, but to punish the defendant for perceived negligence or malfeasance - to a reasonable amount. Actual damages is still not capped.


9 posted on 03/14/2014 7:41:25 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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