Texas Republican Party Platform Thread 127 (Tort/Civil Justice Reform)

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[Bigun]

The Republican Party of Texas Platform has been MUCH in the news of late because it is a CONSERVATIVE document and, as such, VERY controversial. I thought it would be an instructive exercise, for those of us who wish to do so here, to go through it plank by plank and see where we stand on these issues. Pursuant to that, I will post ONE plank of the Platform, every few days and anyone who wishes to can state their views as to that particular part of the platform.

Today, under the heading Strengthening The Economy Of Texas And America sub-heading Tort/Civil Justice Reform we find the following plank :

The Party strongly supports continuation of common sense tort reform that puts justice back into our civil justice system. We support abolishing joint and several liabilities that forces people to pay for damages they did not cause. We support a loser pay rule, thereby discouraging frivolous lawsuits. We oppose the abusive use of class action lawsuits.

[Bigun]

I have decided to score myself by assigning a score of between 0 and 10 points to each of the planks! 10 means I agree with EVERYTHING in it. 0 means I agree with NOTHING in it.

10 more points brings my running score to this point to 1156 of a possible 1270.

[Bigun]

P I N G ! ! !

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[Dog Gone]

I agree with most of this, but joint and several liability is grounded in common sense. If you are doing an activity for our joint benefit, and you have an accident, that's partly my responsibility. If you're going to share in the reward, you have to share in the risk.

Otherwise, nobody would ever do anything except solely for themselves. That's inefficient, and bad policy.

[Enemy Of The State]

I see this Texas post on here everyday and I was just curious why it always falls under foreign affairs? Just wondering...

[Bigun]

Because some elements have dealt with that subject.

[PetroniDE]

8 points. Second sentence needs modification and/or removal (In agreement with Dog Gone). Otherwise acceptable.

1063/1270 (0.837)