Monday, March 14, 2011
GOVERNOR PERRY'S TORT REFORM PACKAGE FILED
Among the slew of bills filed on Friday’s deadline was a pair that would implement Gov. Rick Perry’s new liability reform plan. HB 274 by Rep. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) and SB 13 by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) would establish a “loser pays” system for liability suits, a system for early dismissal of nonmeritorious cases, and a policy that no law can be construed to create a cause of action unless the law says it in “clear and unambiguous language.”
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