Gov. Rick Perry would like some more tort reform, please. Striking a policy note at a campaign stop Wednesday, Perry threw his support behind an effort to pass more extensive legislation on frivolous litigation.  

"More is needed to restrain frivolous lawsuits and personal injury lawyers," said the governor, who was in Houston to accept the endorsement of lobbying heavyweight Texans for Lawsuit Reform. He praised the extensive tort reform package the Legislature passed in 2003 but said, "Texans and Texas employers are still hit with frivolous lawsuits that cost thousands or even millions of dollars in legal fees to defend ...