Judges Say No Further Tort Reform Needed
In this post, the Permutter and Schuelke Blog reports on a new article in the Baylor Law Review following a two-year survey of Texas district judges' views on the "litigation crisis." Of the 78 percent of all Texas district judges responding, more than 80 percent do not think further tort reform is necessary. Interestingly, more respondents thought that juries had awarded damages that were too low rather than too high.
UPDATE: Click on the "comments" link for electronic access to the article, courtesy of Brooks Schuelke and the Baylor Law Review.
The staff at Baylor Law Review has generously given us permission to post the entire article on our site. If you're interested, the link can be found through here: http://www.civtrial.com/blog/litigation/straight-from-the-horses-mouth-part-2.html
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[...] The Baylor Law Review-sponsored survey of Texas judges regarding the need for tort reform (previously discussedhere) received further press this week.In a San Antonio Express-Newsguest column, Houston lawyers PeterKelly and Jeffery Nobles discussed the survey and described it as "an important step in clearing the air about the court system." Kelly and Nobles concluded: Most of the political myths that gave birth to the conventional wisdom about runaway juries have now been exposed as urban legends, and the Baylor survey of anonymous judges from around the state disputes what openly partisan politicians have said in every political campaign for the past 20 years. When it comes to jury trials, Texans should ignore the politicians and consultants and heed the data. [...]