[weegee]

The citizens of Teaxs just passed a constitutional ammendment (1 of 22 voted on, all passed) to limit the non-economic impact settlement of insurance cases to $750k; economic impact will still be limited (lost wages, lost future wages, etc.) but pain and suffering and punishment have been limited.

14 of the top 20 contributors in the states are trial lawyers and they all heavily donate to the Democrats. Of course at least 10 of them got to share in the billion+ dollar lawyer take of the out of court tobacco settlement (a class action lawsuite sponsored by a number of states).

Needless to say, they did not like this bit of legislation (or the people who voted for it).

[potlatch]

I'm one of the Texans who voted for Proposition 12, tired of all the frivolous lawsuits!!

[bourbon]

Of course at least 10 of them got to share in the billion+ dollar lawyer take of the out of court tobacco settlement

Exactly. The tobacco settlement transformed politics in a number of states, including MS. There are a handful of plaintiff's lawyers here who were converted into political kingmakers overnight. As I said before, I wouldn't be surprised if they're behind this newspaper.