Senate Approves Loser-Pays Bill
The Senate unanimously passed a major tort reform bill today that would allow courts to grant attorneys' fees to prevailing parties under certain circumstances.
The bill from Rep. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, has undergone several adjustments since its inception. As it passed the House, it would have enacted a modified loser-pays rule that would allow winning parties to recover litigation costs in breach-of-contract suits or if a judge grants a motion to dismiss. (This would apply only in situations in which parties have not already made a contractual attorneys' fees arrangement.) It would also direct the Texas Supreme Court to create ...
Comments (4)
Marc Lippincott via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ugh...obviously drafted by non-lawyers and without input from judges. I really wish the legislature just had decided to not meet this year. It would have been better.
Rudy Gonzales
This Texas Legislature sucked salt lick by passing BS legislation forcing their narrow-minded religious right-winged views on Texans! These yahoos passed tort reform without input from anyone except the well-heeled benefactors! Additionally they passed this BS legislation when they should have been addressing the budget deficit! Additionally they passed the Ultrasound bill forcing their narrow-minded religious right-winged views on Texans! Concisely they sucked!
Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It might cut down on some of the BS
George T. Contreras via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Estep is right... Small business owners should know their place and not dare take on a Mega-corporations. Good for you Estep for promoting big business, you are truly a shill.