Tim Scott said "If someone in good faith, if someone brings a good-faith lawsuit, they ought not be threatened in the way this loser pays threatens them if it is a close call, and you lost a close case, you not only lose your case, lose all you are putting into the case, you lose your house, lose your kids' education for having dared to come forward with a case that was meritorious, you just did not win. I do not agree with loser pays to put people into bankruptcy for having dared to come into court to vindicate their rights in good faith." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 6, 1995

If someone in good faith, if someone brings a good-faith lawsuit, they ought not be threatened in the way this loser pays threatens them if it is a close call, and you lost a close case, you not only lose your case, lose all you are putting into the case, you lose your house, lose your kids' education for having dared to come forward with a case that was meritorious, you just did not win. I do not agree with loser pays to put people into bankruptcy for having dared to come into court to vindicate their rights in good faith.

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Tim Scott

Republican · South Carolina

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Editor's note · Context

Opposing the 'loser pays' legal system during a debate.

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