Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse

Re: David Hendricks' column "Thanks to new legal protections, doctor applications in Texas are spiking" (Business, March 21):

What a difference a few years make! Headlines about a serious and even dangerous lack of doctors prac...

AUSTIN — The old adage “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still apig” immediately popped into mind when I saw that the Association of TrialLawyers of America recently changed its name to the American Association of...

A survey commissioned by Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse groups from across thestate says Texas doctors are worried about bogus court testimony and its effectson the integrity of the medical profession.

Those doctors surveyed also support...

Texas physicians are concerned that bogus court testimony by some medical expert witnesses harms the medical profession and overwhelmingly support strong sanctions against medical experts who provide fraudulent testimony in Texas courts, accord...

Imagine apersonal injury lawyer bragging about how he can manipulate judges and juries incertain Texascounties for his own financial gain. Imagine such lawyers aggressively lookingfor ways to sue in these "magic" jurisdictions. And im...

Tort reform in the Texas Legislature this year boilsdown to a fight over one issue: closing a perceived loophole that exemptspersonal-injury suits arising under the federal Jones Act from the state'sgeneral venue law.

The Jones Act, 46...