From a report in The New York Times:
More than half the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit in Texas seeking compensation for exposure to silica – used in making glass, paint, ceramics and other materials – previously filed claims against a trust set up to compensate those injured by asbestos, a cancer-causing flame retardant.
The tort reform NewMexiKen would like to see would be to make it a potential criminal offense to bring frivolous lawsuits.
Just curious: who decides which law suites are ‘frivolous’? When would that judgement be rendered, before or after actual proceedings begin? Can the definition of ‘frivolous’ be changed by congressional or executive action?
Let your imagination run wild: do you see the slippery slope one risks by limited who and what issues can be brought to court?