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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (22664)	1/5/2005 3:00:41 PM
From: bull_derrick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Well, you know lawyers <g> It's about high time someone tackles this issue, although there is some irony that a conservative position which would usually favor local laws in favor of federal, is this time wanting to impose tort reform at the federal level. A typical conservative position would be, let Texas do what they want to do and Illinois do what they want to do. Unfortunately, class action lawsuits overreach local jurisdictions. There was a feature on a county in Mississippi which was handing out major judgements. The lone pharmacist in the county would have people drop in to buy one pill so they could enjoin the lawsuit. The pharmacist had been sued hundreds of times so they could establish the court jurisdiction and the suits on the local pharmacy would later be dropped. The target was always the drug manufacturers. Bush did a good job with Tort reform with Texas and I expect he'll do the same nationally. This is one issue that demands attention and I'm glad to see him tackle it.