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November 20, 2019
Title: Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Kevin Parker
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Part 1 of 3
Who should you listen to? The lawyers? Big Business? Big Insurance Companies? The Lobbyists for big business and the insurance companies? Or should you trust the Judges who preside over the cases?
New guest Kevin Parker is a member of the Christian Legal Society and serves on the board of elders and as a youth ministry volunteer for the church he attends. He joined
The Lanier Law Firm in 1994.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What is a trial attorney?
Did God give specific instructions to Moses in the Bible concerning this issue?
What is the purpose of a “trial by jury”? Why are they vital to our Civil Justice System?
Has Texas long recognized the right to a trial by jury as one of our citizens’ most precious rights?
What is an “open court”?
What is considered a “frivolous lawsuit”?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Kevin Parker
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is filing a lawsuit against someone or a company a “Christian thing to do”?
Kevin discusses the results of a
survey
of trial Judges conducted by the Baylor Law Review.
Did Judges say they are still seeing too many frivolous lawsuits? Or are they
seeing less? br />
Kevin continues to discuss this survey in the next segment…
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Kevin Parker
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did Judges respond that they have seen too many excessively high or low
verdicts?
Do Judges have the legal right to reduce the amount awarded by a jury?
Kevin and his family are integrally involved in promoting the rights of people
with disabilities in Houston and across the United States as volunteers for the
Family to Family Network.
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November 15, 2019
Title: Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ware Wendell
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Part 1 of 3
Who should you listen to? The lawyers? Big Business? Big Insurance Companies? The Lobbyists for big business and the insurance companies?
Ware Wendell, with Texas Watch, has served as the Legislative Aide to a senior member of the Texas House and Chief of Staff in the Texas Senate, enabling him to work on legislation of statewide importance and giving him insights into the workings of the Texas Capitol.
Today, Ware discusses a
survey by the
Baylor College of Law concerning Tort Reform and frivolous lawsuits. The main objective: Was Tort Reform really necessary?
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Has Texas long recognized the right to a trial by jury as one of our citizens’ most precious rights?
Who began the push for Tort Reform? Ware Wendell shares a brief history going back to 1971…
Have two home builders in Texas (David Weekly and Perry Homes) funded Tort Reform through financial donations to candidates for decades? Ware reveals how these two companies actually formed the
Texas Residential Construction Commission to fight home owners’ claims against their construction companies…
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ware Wendell
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Baylor College of Law is one of the top law schools in the country. The
professors are well-known and respected. Ware Wendell is still discussing the
survey they sent to Judges across the state.
Did responding judges say they are still seeing too many frivolous lawsuits? Or
are they reporting the opposite?
Question for YOU: If you or a loved one was injured or died due to medical
malpractice, what would you do? Step aside and let the doctor/insurance company
get away with it? Or would you sue?
NOTE: Click here for the
Biblical view and history of this issue from Texas Watch.
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Judges, Tort Reform, and Your Rights
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ware Wendell
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did judges respond that they have seen too many excessive verdicts? Or are they
reporting the opposite?
Did the majority of judges surveyed reveal that they witnessed juries award too
little to the plaintiff?
Bottom line: According to the judges surveyed, was Texas Tort Reform necessary?
Ware Wendell says this: “Our system is working. And frankly the Tort
Reformers and the insurance companies are lying to us.”
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February 19, 2013
Title: Jury Should Determine Virginia Tech Shooting Damages, Not Judges
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Andy Cochran
with The 7th Amendment Advocate (www.7thAmendmentAdvocate.org)
Part 1 of 3
I think we can all agree that there are some pretty frivolous, and silly,
lawsuits. But why should people who really have a liable lawsuit be punished
because of a handful of greedy people? They shouldn’t be!
So, why are states handicapping jurors in the amount of damages they can award?
And just who is pushing for the limits? The answer just might surprise you.
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Title: part 2 of 3
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Andy Cochran
with The 7th Amendment Advocate (www.7thAmendmentAdvocate.org)
The 7th Amendment to the US
constitution gives American citizens the right to a trial by a jury. People can
also choose to leave their fate in the hands of just one judge or a panel of
judges. But sometimes this is a baaaaaaaaad idea.
This right is slowly being stripped from the American public and most people
don’t even realize it’s happening - and some are actually happy! Thanks to a few
greedy, money-hungry lawyers, all lawyers have been given a bad rap.
But what if your spouse, child, or parent were seriously hurt or killed due to
the negligence of a second party? Wouldn’t you want to get a fair amount for
their suffering or death? Some people don’t deserve $5 million. But some people
do.
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Title: part 3 of 3
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Andy Cochran
with The 7th Amendment Advocate (www.7thAmendmentAdvocate.org)
James Madison,
Founding Father, described the right to a trial by a jury in civil cases “as
essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent
rights of nature”.
James Mason, another Founding Father, refused to even the sign Constitution
until the 7th Amendment was added.
The Founding Fathers understood the importance of people’s right to a trial by a
jury. Let’s defend that right!
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July 28, 2010
Title: A LIBS MISPLACED ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION Part 1 of 3
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ken Connor
with Center for a Just Society (www.aJustSociety.org)
Thomas Jefferson once stated: “I consider (trial by jury) as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Log on to www.AJustSociety.org for more on Ken Connor and the Center for a Just Society.
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Title: A LIBS MISPLACED ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION Part 2 of 3
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ken Connor
with Center for a Just Society (www.aJustSociety.org)
The 7th Amendment is just as important as the 1st or 2nd. So why are so many wanting to delete it from the Constitution? For more on this issue, log onto www.AJustSociety.org
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Title: A LIBS MISPLACED ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION Part 3 of 3
Topic: Right to a Trial by Jury
Discussed by Ken Connor
with Center for a Just Society (www.aJustSociety.org)
The majority of Americas are clamoring for local control, not federal control. On the flip side of the coin, many point to “frivolous” lawsuits and “unreasonable” verdicts as evidence of the need for “tort” reform. What’s your opinion? Visit www.AJustSociety.org to learn more.
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