Tort reform rears its ugly head yet again, as the Republicans attempt to tar John Edwards with their standard trial lawyer smear: that those terrible attorneys are filing business-killing frivolous lawsuits just to get money (they never mention how that's the only way we can get information about corporate misdeeds). But, right on time, a new analysis by Public Citizen shows that businesses file 4 times as many harrassment lawsuits against individuals than do individuals against businesses. Indeed, this is what we've experienced (along with a smashed windshield and phone threats).
Here are the links:
http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/1004-02.htm
http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/tort/myths/articles.cfm?ID=12369