Texas Opinion Special interests push tort reform
The Austin American Statesman argues reform is driven by special interests, risking loss of consumer protections and implying citizens may later find the civil courts inaccessible as reform ends.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1995
Page
4
The Austin American Statesman argues reform is driven by special interests, risking loss of consumer protections and implying citizens may later find the civil courts inaccessible as reform ends.
Legislative leaders outline compromises on punitive damages frivolous suits and joint and several liability aimed at restraining tort practices in Texas. Senate already passed limits. House action pending amid intraparty wrangling. The plan would require defendants to bear full costs only if more than half responsible.
Hereford city commissioners overturned a Sunday dancing ban after residents collected hundreds of signatures. The move enables families to dance on Sundays without traveling to Amarillo or other cities and challenges the town’s previous moral stance.
Boston Herald critic Feder argues that Hollywood and the media have eroded public virtue by fetishizing sex and indecency The essay surveys The Brady Bunch Real Sex HBO and rising illegitimacy rates to claim a culture in decline and a new moral crisis in America
Syndicated columnist Beck argues that the missing father figure by the late 20th century signaled social decay. He cites 1990s data showing about 40 percent of children lacked a father at some point, linking father absence to poverty, violence, drugs, school failure, and overwhelmed mothers.
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