Lloyd Doggett said "So they could have limited this bill to frivolous and fraudulent cases but instead, as a way of discouraging even legitimate suits that sometimes, of course, in a court in front of a judge and a jury could go either way, if someone takes a chance thinking they have got a good suit but they lose, it is not a frivolous suit, it is not a fraudulent suit, but when the jury weighs the evidence, they conclude that it does not have merit, that they are going to have imposed upon them the cost of some large concern in defending that suit and they could actually have the wages garnished, perhaps a car taken away, all kinds of things." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 6, 1995

So they could have limited this bill to frivolous and fraudulent cases but instead, as a way of discouraging even legitimate suits that sometimes, of course, in a court in front of a judge and a jury could go either way, if someone takes a chance thinking they have got a good suit but they lose, it is not a frivolous suit, it is not a fraudulent suit, but when the jury weighs the evidence, they conclude that it does not have merit, that they are going to have imposed upon them the cost of some large concern in defending that suit and they could actually have the wages garnished, perhaps a car taken away, all kinds of things.

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Lloyd Doggett

Democratic · Texas

Source

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a bill on legitimate lawsuits.

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