This site describes the efforts of citizens of Texas to restore balance and fairness to the Texas civil justice system. Long considered the lawsuit capital of the world, Texas citizens finally demanded reforms. Texas tort reform has won reasonable, bi-partisan reforms in recent years. Leo E. Linbeck, Jr., Dick Weekley, Richard J. Trabulsi, Jr., Allan Shivers, Jr., Hugh Rice Kelly and Michael S. Stevens lead this organization. Founded on principles of solid research, grassroots advocacy and bi-partisan cooperation, more than a dozen tort reform measures have been enacted since 1995. These measures and the ongoing effort of Texans for Lawsuit Reform are defined on this site. TLR has also helped scrutinize the legal fees associated with the Texas tobacco settlement.

Home About Leaders Join Take Action Contribute Contact Links News Articles Reports Newsletters Press Room Action Alerts Recent News The cost of crooked lawyers; Recent wave of legal malfeasance affects us all, even reform-minded Texas Houston Chronicle, July 13, 2008 Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) The Era of Big Punitive Damage Awards is Not Over Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2008 This June, the Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, reduced the punitive damages in the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill from $2.5 billion to "only" $507 million. Partisans on both sides of Exxon Shipping v. Baker portrayed the decision as a victory for business -- but plaintiffs' lawyers will find a lot to like in this case. If anything, the opinion highlights the need for legislative reform of arbitrary punitive damage awards. Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) The Firm Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2008 If there's a moral in this week's felony settlement by class-action lawsuit giant Milberg Weiss, it's this: Prosecutors should keep digging into tort-bar practices. The details are even worse than the headlines. Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) This March 2008 Special Edition of The Advocate reprints news articles about the kinds of lawyers who appear to have a dangerous and destructive view of the practice of law, one in which greed, rather than justice, is the driving force. We bring these articles to your attention not to disparage the legal profession (two of TLR’s four co-founders are lawyers), but to highlight the kinds of ongoing abuses in the legal system that give rise to the need for the reforms which TLR advocates. Read more... The TLR Story Click here to view the video Health Justice: Texas Tort Reform - A Success Story To see why Texas has become a national model for medical liability reform, view this presentation by Dr. John T. Gill, a Dallas orthopedic surgeon, who was directly involved in the battle to pass Proposition 12 in 2003. Video is courtesy of Center for Health Transformation. View the streaming video   The cost of crooked lawyers; Recent wave of legal malfeasance affects us all, even reform-minded Texas Houston Chronicle, July 13, 2008 Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) The Era of Big Punitive Damage Awards is Not Over Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2008 This June, the Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, reduced the punitive damages in the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill from $2.5 billion to "only" $507 million. Partisans on both sides of Exxon Shipping v. Baker portrayed the decision as a victory for business -- but plaintiffs' lawyers will find a lot to like in this case. If anything, the opinion highlights the need for legislative reform of arbitrary punitive damage awards. Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) The Firm Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2008 If there's a moral in this week's felony settlement by class-action lawsuit giant Milberg Weiss, it's this: Prosecutors should keep digging into tort-bar practices. The details are even worse than the headlines. Read more... ( categories: News Articles ) 123456789…next ›last »

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