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End in Sight for Frivolous Lawsuits?

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Tracy Byrnes:  It sure is. Heck, think about all of the extra money these companies are going to have sitting around because they don't have to beef up their legal accounts for these lawsuits that happen every day. God, somebody trips on the curb and the next thing you know they're suing headquarters. Stop it. It's stupid. It's become a waste of money. We've become such a litigious society. The money could be put to better use like jobs.

Wayne Rogers:  Well as you know, the same law is true in Alaska and the British have had that law for a long time and in this country as a matter of fact, a trial judge can make that decision too. So it's not necessarily that it has to be on the books as a law because you can end up paying for a lawsuit if the trial judge determines that it's a frivolous suit or without merit. So that's going to come from a lot of places. I'm not sure how much that has to do with creating jobs, however, but it is a good law and it's standard procedure in Britain and it should be in the United States.

Krystal Ball:  The problem is there is absolutely no evidence to back it up. In fact, President George W. Bush - his council of economic advisors did a study to try to find some economic benefit from tort-reform and found absolutely nothing and in fact Texas did tort reform about eight years ago to try and combat medical malpractice to bring down healthcare costs and it hasn't changed the rising health care costs a lick. In fact Texas has some of the most expensive healthcare in the entire country.

Gary Kaltbaum:  Hiring is about how people feel; how employers feel about how much they have to spend going forward and the business outlook and when they see that their government that oversees them is not going to be in their pockets everyday and have to worry every day, they're apt to hire more. It is about perception. It is about if I own a business, can I spend a little bit more money on employers are not worried about someone coming after me. I think this is a great idea and I'd love it to go national.