Good! Europe has been doing this for a long time, at least The Netherlands has.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Texas makes losers pay for bringing frivolous lawsuits > > Excerpt: > > It's no wonder that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has recently been the focus of > speculation about whether he might run for president in 2012. Texas has been > on an economic roll since 2001, creating far more new jobs than any other > state in the nation even as its population swelled to 25 million. Love him > or hate him, Perry is in his fourth term in Austin and thus deserves a big > chunk of the credit for many of the good things happening in the Lone Star > State. Texas also has implemented some of the most significant state-level > reforms in the country aimed at reducing or eliminating lawsuit abuse. > > The latest of these is a "loser-pays" provision requiring plaintiffs to pay > the winners' legal costs in civil suits seeking punitive damages. The > provision is included in the 2011 Omnibus Tort Reform Act Perry signed May > 30. In addition to the loser-pays provision, the new law: > > Allows a trial judge to send a question of law directly to the appellate > court without requiring all parties to agree if a ruling by a court of > appeals could decide the case. > > Allows plaintiffs seeking less than $100,000 in damages to request an > expedited civil action. > > Allows a trial court to dismiss a frivolous lawsuit immediately if there > is no basis in law or fact for the lawsuit. > > Read more here: > http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/06/texas-makes-losers-pay-bringing-frivolous-lawsuits > > > Looks like Texas is positioning itself to be the haven for businesses > fleeing other states due to high taxes and burdensome regulations. Texas > does not have individual or corporate income taxes. > > > J > > - > > Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The > benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands > from others the submissiveness of sheep. - Eric Hoffe > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
