Tort Reform

Politics & Policy|
August 22, 2011

Trial lawyers vow big anti-Perry push

The story ran in Politico on Monday: America’s trial lawyers are getting ready to make the case against one of their biggest targets in years: Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Among litigators, there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred — and fear — as Perry,

Politics & Policy|
June 16, 2009

Another voice on meso

This discussion on mesothelioma was submitted by Austin attorney Lee Parsley. It may be read in conjunction with my earlier post, "Tort Reform: Two Perspectives," posted on June 14. Mesothelioma is a terrible disease. Everyone I know has great sympathy for those suffering from the disease and for their families.

Politics & Policy|
June 14, 2009

Tort reform: two perspectives

The first is from the Wall Street Journal's Opinion page for Saturday, July 13. The second was sent to me, unsolicited, by a reader, Mary Silbert, a woman whose husband died of mesothelioma five years ago and who worked for the passage of the bill this session. I

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