Trial Lawyers, Inc.
With revenues of almost $40 billion per year, the lawsuit industry grosses 50% more than Microsoft or Intel and twice that of Coca-Cola.
LAWMAKERS CHEER SIGNING—Houston area lawmakers cheer governor’s signing of HB 4 at Mach Industrial, a steel fabricating plant in Houston, which happens to be owned by Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse President Cora Sue Mach. Pictured, from left, are Representatives Beverly Wooley, Joe Nixon and Gary Elkins, State Senator Jon Lindsay, Governor Rick Perry, Representative Bill Callegari, and Cora Sue Mach, President of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.
DOCTORS HAIL SIGNING—A bevy of physicians gathered in Houston June 11 for the Governor’s ceremonial signing of House Bill 4, the medical liability reform bill. Pictured are, from left, Drs. Donald Griffith and Robert Komorn, Governor Rick Perry, Texas Medical Association President Dr. Charles Bailey, Jr., Harris County Medical Society President Dr. Kenneth Mattox, as well as Dr. Alan Glombicki.
WILD WEST EMBARRASMENT NO MORE—Texas joined the mainstream of national jurisprudence with the June 11 signing of House bill 4, the medical liability and lawsuit reform bill. Pictured are, from left, Frank Nadolney, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse President Cora Sue Mach and Executive Director Jon Opelt (back row), Governor Rick Perry, CALA General Counsel Joe Slovacek, and State Rep. Joe Nixon, author of House bill 4.
The Case Against Lawyers
by Catherine Crier
How the Lawyers, Politicians and Bureaucrats have turned the law into an instrument of tyranny -- and what we as citizens have to do about it.
Tort turns toxic
Lawsuits wreak havoc on patients, homebuyers, condominium builders and small business owners and employees caught up in the asbestos litigation whirlwind.
Kmart raid could prove very costly
Houston taxpayers may end up shelling out millions of dollars in damages in scores of lawsuits expected over mass arrests; loss of trust also could be part of tab.
Lawyers Put Profits Above Lives
Trial lawyers have long maintained that they are motivated by concerns for public safety rather than private gain. That claim was exploded recently.