Oct 21, 2007 ... He stood with Democrats over and over again. He voted against $250,000 caps  on damages, which they have in Texas. He voted against almost anything that  would make our legal system fairer: loser pays rules, things that would prevent  lawsuits like that $54 million lawsuit by that guy who lost his pants ...
If our civil justice system did nothing more than ensure justice and accountability  for victims of physician sexual abuse, it would be valuable enough. ..... Almost  forget. Caps allow the insurance industry to make out like bandits. Take  California, which has capped non-economic damages since 1976. A few years  ago, the ...
Nov 19, 2017 ... State officials have warned that every school district could see an 8-cent increase  in the statewide property tax rate because the education fund has a $50 million  hole. ... Adding 8 cents to the average homestead property tax rate of $1.51  means a home valued at $250,000 would see a $200 tax hike.
The president's proposals would create federal laws that track with some that we  already have in Wisconsin. Setting aside the important legal consideration that  federal caps on damages (even if they were mathematically redundant with state  caps) could have a significant impact on the way cases are actually litigated, ...
Jun 20, 2009 ... This will create an influx of about 1,000,000 young, educated immigrants each  year into the US, which is still lower than the number of unskilled .... Their  sermonizing, against legally sanctioned financial incentives for divorce combined  with growing misandry in the media, is about as effective as a pea ...
Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer."