Texans for Lawsuit reform today denounced a proposed platform resolution circulated to Republican county convention delegates over the weekend that would be a boon for Texas’s trial lawyers and a disaster for Texas’s job creators.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform issued the following statement today in response to the release of a report by Texas Watch entitled, “Thumbs on the Scale: A Retrospective of the Texas Supreme Court.”

Texans for Lawsuit Reform applauds the final passage of the TWIA Reform Bill in the Texas House and the Texas Senate. 

HB 274, the 2011 Omnibus Tort Reform Bill, gained final passage on the floor of the Texas House today with a vote of 130 to 13.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform issued the following statement today following the Senate passage of HB 274, the 2011 Omnibus Tort Bill.