Blog: Mass Tort

In 2003, Texas amended its state constitution. The change set limits on medical malpractice lawsuit payouts. At the time, proponents of this tort reform argued that these limits would reduce the cost of health care in Texas. The damage caps were meant to decrease the number of “frivolous lawsuits” filed by medical malpractice lawyers, leading …

A new study of Texas’s tort reform by Public Citizen indicates it does not do what politicians promised it would. Enacted in 2003, the law puts limits on the money victims receive in medical malpractice lawsuits. The politicians claimed the damage caps were supposed to reduce healthcare costs, reduce health care insurance premiums, and bring …