Tort Reform's Effects on Plaintiffs' Practice
I haven't intended to jump on any tort reform bandwagon this week, but I saw another article of interest to litigators on both sides of the docket. (Hat tip to Trial Ad Notes.) In Texas Plaintiffs Practice in the Age of Tort Reform: Survival of the Fittest—It's Even More True Now, the authors overview the politics of tort reform, address the business of representing plaintiffs, and discuss key changes in plaintiffs' practice in recent years. The article, part of a symposium on plaintiffs' practice published by the New York Law School Law Review, concludes that tort reform has forced difficult economic choices on Texas plaintiffs' lawyers and threatens access to legal remedies for some clients with legitimate claims.
