Interesting...I like Perry more and more every day....
“Loser pays” is a winner for lawyers... nobody cares how high the lawyer fee is if they expect the other side to pay it. The average hourly cost of a lawyer in the US is $284/hour. This puts litigation - as either plaintiff or defendant - out of the reach of the vast majority of Americans. Who has $50,000 to risk rolling the dice on whether a jury of the stupidest people that can be found is going to come to a just and correct decision on a case?
This is great until you or someone you care about becomes a plaintiff.
Without "loser pays" the libs would be suing the oil companies out of business with each new oil well they install.
Anything that can prevent lawyers from being enriched off the backs of everyone else...I’m for.
When a politician speaks during a presidential campaign, do the words, by themselves, really have any meaning?
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This is one of the really good things Perry has done here in Texas, and I fully acknowledge it. He’s done a number of good things, which are feathers in his cap. Unfortunately, I tend to regard them as being offset by some equally rotten things he’s done or attempted to do, which I why I really have absolutely no enthusiasm for him as a candidate. But I won’t dismiss the positives.
Hell of an idea! I hope President Palin helps take it national! ;)
I hate to rain on anyone’s parade but loser pays started with GWB not Rick Perry - he made some upgrades but those legal actions and tort reform happened while he was still a democrat. (i’m kidding about his party affilication, but not the the tort reform)
This has been my #1 dream for years! A “loser pays” system is awesome!!
The law sounds - and is a winner, IMO.
Many times threats of a high-cost but frivolous lawsuit are used to force a company to settle or cease an activity. Environmentalists come to mind.