Texas makes sweeping changes to rules governing lawsuits that seek less than $100,000
In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 274 which, among other things, added Government Code § 22.004(h) calling for …
Tort Reform
Study Shows Tort Reform Doesn’t Work
In 2003, doctors and insurance companies spent millions of dollars on a pervasive ad campaign to convince Texas voters that …
Follow the Money: Fewer and Fewer Lawsuits Yet Insurance Rates Go Higher and Higher
The insurance industry has been telling us for years that they have to raise our insurance rates because of “lawsuit …
Texas Supreme Court tells government workers it is OK to hurt people . . .
Earlier this year, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in Franka v. Velasquez, 332 S.W.3d 367 (Tex. 2011) that …
Coffee & Tort Reform
Susan Saladoff’s “Hot Coffee” documentary on HBO brings much-needed balance to the tort reform debate. Since the 1980s, business groups …
Does Medical Malpractice Reform Really Result in Decreased Health Care Costs?
A common argument routinely circulated by proponents of medical malpractice “reform” is that if we make it more difficult for …
Frivolous Lawsuits
We have just finished another legislative session here in Texas and, as usual, one of the topics debated was how …
Recent “Tort Reform” Developments in Texas
The Texas Senate recently voted unanimously in favor of the “loser pays” tort reform bill, H.B .274. As originally crafted …
Tort Reform
Texas lawmakers have been working on a so-called tort reform measure that would require losing (and, in some cases winning) …
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