In 2003, TLR advocated our nation’s most comprehensive tort reform bill, House Bill 4, which addressed several areas of Texas’ legal system that were being abused. This historic omnibus bill helped bring fairness, efficiency and predictability to the legal system for plaintiffs and defendants alike. HB 4 serves as a national model for lawsuit reform, and addresses the areas of product liability, appeal bonds, Supreme Court jurisdiction, appellate court jurisdiction, class action attorney fees, proportionate responsibility, punitive damages, actual damages, judgement interest, offers of settlement, Good Samaritans, school employee liability, healthcare liability, migration of air particles, class action procedures, seat belt evidence, multidistrict litigation, lawsuits against architects and engineers and venue shopping.

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