Word: tort
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...roll back to fall 1995 when Republicans, in fresh control of both houses of Congress, were fashioning such tort-reform legislation. President Clinton, trying to position himself between the GOP and liberal Democrats as he prepared for his 1996 reelection campaign, alarmed the trial bar with talk of compromise. "He did indicate his willingness to sign a bill that met certain parameters," says Fred Baron, a Texan who is president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America...
...course, the Democrat who made that crack in the first paragraph will snort at the idea of George W. Bush--scion of old Wasps, Galahad of tort reform, living fat on Texas oil money and "presiding" over lethal injections--as a hero of the anti-elitist masses. But that will be the Democrat's mistake...
...course, the Democrat who made that crack in the first paragraph will snort at the idea of George W. Bush - scion of old WASPs, Galahad of tort reform, living fat on Texas oil money and "presiding" now and then over lethal injections - as a hero of the anti-elitist masses. But that will be the Democrat's mistake...
Trial lawyers insist that the role they play is a vital one. The ability to sue for injuries is a basic American right, they say, one that supporters of tort reform are scheming to take away. "[Tort reform] is no more than a code to close the courthouse down to poor and middle-class people," says Jamail. "You don't see these corporations being tentative or bashful about running to the courthouse against each other or against individuals who don't pay their bills...
...most issues, Bush and Gore seem to be trying to meet in the political center, yet they disagree sharply over the role of plaintiffs' lawyers. Bush pushed a sweeping tort-reform package through in Texas in 1995, including caps on punitive damages. Gore has opposed tort reform and has lately presented himself as a populist enemy of "big drug companies...