Tag: Tort Reform
By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Fri May 09, 2008 at 07:36:00 AM EST
Tags: Barack Obama, Tort Reform (all tags)
Posted on Fri May 09, 2008 at 07:36:00 AM EST
Tags: Barack Obama, Tort Reform (all tags)
When some people think of tort reform, they think it's about lawyers' fees. It's about much more than that, including maintaining an injured person's access to the courts.
Barack Obama told Chris Wallace on Fox News last Sunday:
I would point out, though, for example, that when I voted for a tort reform measure that was fiercely opposed by the trial lawyers, I got attacked pretty hard from the left.
In 2005, Barack Obama voted for CAFA, the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. Who voted against it? Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Ted Kennedy, Pat Leahy, Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer and other progressive Democrats. Even Harry Reid. Who voted with Obama? Republicans, from Trent Lott to Lindsay Graham to Jeff Sessions and Democrats Joe Lieberman and Diane Feinstein (big surprise.)
The Class Action Fairness Act would move most class action lawsuits, including civil rights, worker protection, product liability, and consumer fraud cases from state courts into the federal court system.
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