Well, that sounds encouraging. We'll see what gets enacted. (My State congressional district has two Representatives from the SAME trial lawyer group). I'm not holding my breath from a Federal level either, unless Bush can avoid a filibuster by calling the tort reform a "budget item".
Fortunately, I have not been sued. (Ya'll don't be getting any ideas, now), but a friend of mine spent 100k to get a suit dismissed that a 3rd grader could have figured out in 5 minutes. It was a case where one family member filed a totally groundless suit to get another member removed from the board of the family company. For reasons I can't say, it was obvious to anyone that it was without merit, but after six months of wrangling, all they had agreed on was a new P.O. Box for the company mail. No lie.
Yes, I admit, I take a rather dim view of attorneys, but I am willing to make exceptions.
