Press Releases

(HOUSTON, TX) Texans for Lawsuit Reform issued the following statement today commending Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for his interim charge to the Business and Commerce Committee calling for the monitoring of the increasing number of hailstorm lawsuits following severe weather events and their impact on access to affordable homeowners’ insurance.  TLR President Richard J. Trabulsi, Jr., said:

(Houston, TX)  Texans for Lawsuit Reform reminded Texans today that virtually all the opposition behind the hailstorm lawsuit reform bill (SB 1628 by Senator Larry Taylor and Representative John Smithee) is being orchestrated by Steve Mostyn, a storm-chasing trial lawyer who will continue to make millions of dollars in fees if he can defeat the bill.  

(Houston, TX) Texans for Lawsuit Reform President Richard J. Trabulsi, Jr., issued the  following statement today following the passage of HB 1492 in the Texas House:

(Houston, TX)  Texans for Lawsuit Reform today applauded Governor Greg Abbott’s appointment of Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield to the 165th District Court in Harris County. 

(Houston, TX)  Texans for Lawsuit Reform issued the following statement today regarding CSSB 1628 by Senator Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, which is critical to stopping the lawsuit abuse being perpetrated by storm-chasing trial lawyers. 
 

(Austin, TX)  Texans for Lawsuit Reform issued the following statement today regarding the trial lawyer group, Texas Watch.
“Texas Watch is not a public interest consumer watchdog, they are a trial lawyer front group that is fighting lawsuit reforms that will help protect homeowners’ access to affordable insurance policies in Texas,” said TLR spokesperson, Sherry Sylvester.

(Houston, TX)  On this President’s Day, Texans for Lawsuit Reform again honors the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, for his strong stand against lawsuit abuse and his expressed belief that meritless lawsuits waste time and money and are rooted in greed.  Always counted among our greatest and most visionary presidents, Lincoln saw more than a hundred-fifty years ago that lawsuit abuse was detrimental, not only to the legal profession, but to society as a whole.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform applauded Gov. Rick Perry’s appointment of Justice Jeff Brown to the Supreme Court of Texas.

(San Antonio, TX) Texans for Lawsuit Reform honored legendary business and civic leader Red McCombs in San Antonio today, calling the longtime TLR supporter a “pioneer in the battle for lawsuit reform.”

(Houston, TX) Texans for Lawsuit Reform applauded Gov. Rick Perry’s appointment of Justice Nathan Hecht as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas today. Hugh Rice Kelly, TLR General Counsel said:
“Governor Perry’s appointment of Nathan Hecht to the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas means that our Court will be led by one of the nation’s most outstanding appellate judges.  Justice Hecht has been recognized both in Texas and nationally.”