Posted on 05/09/2011 10:47:54 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
AUSTIN (May 6, 2011)--Gov. Rick Perry has declared a tort reform bill to be emergency legislation, which allows the House and Senate to push the bill to the top of the agenda.
The measure, House Bill 274, calls on the Texas Supreme Court to institute rules that make it tougher to bring a civil lawsuit and would also allow defendants to collect costs if they prevail.
Right now only claimants can collect lawyer's fees and costs if they win.
The bill's author, Republican state Rep. Brandon Creighton, says the bill would make civil courts more efficient and less expensive, but opponents say it would discourage people from bringing suits because of the fear of paying huge legal costs if they lose.
(Excerpt) Read more at kwtx.com ...
As I said, there’s nothing wrong with the tort reform, but if that is the best they can do with 101 seats in the House, the entire R party is useless.
lol. You have a point.
Perhaps the lawyers will have to reduce their “huge legal fees” if they want continued business in the legal tort arena.
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