We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents from across Texas. We are small business owners, homemakers and community volunteers. We are lawyers who want the civil justice system in Texas to be efficient and fair. We are plant managers who want our companies to continue to grow and to create even more jobs for Texans. We are consumers who oppose the wasteful “tort tax” applied to products and services when frivolous litigation is prevalent. We are ranchers and teachers who have anguished over needless lawsuits. We are doctors and nurses who have seen colleagues abandon their chosen professions because of the emotional and financial toll imposed by legal assaults. We are the citizens of Texas who want a better future for ourselves and our children. We’re the faces of Texas… more than 16,800 individual supporters in 900 towns and cities, representing 1,255 different trades, businesses and professions.
What Texans for Lawsuit Reform Strives For, And Why
TLR’s objective is to keep litigation in its traditional and appropriate role in our society. A lawsuit takes a heavy emotional and financial toll on participants, and therefore should be the remedy of last resort to resolve disputes between parties. A lawsuit should not be used to obtain “windfall” riches for a lawyer and his client.
TLR has been working for 25 years to create a civil justice system that discourages non-meritorious lawsuits or outrageous claims for damages. We seek to encourage quick and efficient dispute resolution. We want injured parties to be made whole by the party causing the injury at the earliest possible time. We envision a litigation system purged of intimidation and extortion, allowing plaintiffs to be fairly compensated and defendants to get a fair day in court. TLR strives for a trial environment in which the outcome is based solely on the merits of each party’s case.
To meet our goals, TLR is active in political campaigns (through the TLR Political Action Committee), in research, in legislative advocacy, in public relations, in judicial selection and in the development of case law.
TLR will continue to be fully engaged in legislative elections and in legislative advocacy to both preserve the tremendous gains that have been achieved and enact additional much-needed reforms. The Texas Legislature enacted comprehensive tort reform in its initial 1995 session and has passed reforms in virtually every legislative session since. The cumulative reforms of each legislative session over the past 25 years have made Texas a model for the rest of the country and started what has now become known has the Texas Miracle. It is little surprise that Chief Executive Magazine ranked Texas the best place to do business for the 14th year in a row in 2018.
Elements of the trial bar tenaciously try to reverse these gains each legislative session. Opponents of tort reform continually redouble their efforts to defeat pro-reform candidates at the polls.
Support of TLR is an investment in the future of our law, our economy and our society. We hope you will join us in this effort.
Recent Advocate
In case you missed it: As we began working through the legislative process, HB 19 exposed a philosophical divide between the tens of thousands of Texas businesses that create jobs and drive our economy and the lawyers who sue them. Read and share: bit.ly/2VcUP66
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The 87th Texas Legislature was unique. Our State Capitol during session is a crowded, bustling, loud agora of Texans hawking their ideas and interests to our policymakers. Not this year. The rotunda a...Walt Disney Company is joining the long list of companies sending large numbers of jobs out of California. Last Thursday, it was announced that 2,000 professionals working in fields such as digital technology and finance would be shifted to Florida. Read and share: bit.ly/3zEsPqS
Businesses vote with their feet, money - Texans for Lawsuit Reform
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Walt Disney Company is joining the long list of companies sending large numbers of jobs out of California. Last Thursday, it was announced that 2,000 professionals working in fields such as digital te...A controversial practice of financial firms funding litigation for attorneys who sue trucking companies is putting defense attorneys at a disadvantage — and is on the rise. Read and share: bit.ly/3BGs9Df
Secret Funding for Plaintiff Attorneys Is On Rise, Experts Say - Texans for Lawsuit Reform
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A controversial practice of financial firms funding litigation for attorneys who sue trucking companies is putting defense attorneys at a disadvantage — and is on the rise.
Fighting lawsuit abuse keeps our courts fair and our economy strong. Learn more →
About - Texans for Lawsuit Reform
TLR's objective is to restore litigation to its traditional and appropriate role in our society. A lawsuit takes a heavy emotional and financial toll ...
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Get Involved - Texans for Lawsuit Reform
Texans for Lawsuit Reform has thousands of supporters from across Texas who are committed to a fair and balanced civil justice system.
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#ICYMI: HB 19 exposed a philosophical divide between the tens of thousands of Texas businesses that create jobs & drive our economy & the lawyers who sue them. Read & RT: #lawsuitreform #tortreform
TLR Advocate Session Wrap-Up
The 87th Texas Legislature was unique. Our State Capitol during session is a crowded, bustling, loud agora of Texans hawking their ideas and interests...
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