Last year, controversial pro se divorce forms prompted Texas family law groups to criticize the Texas Supreme Court. A new fight is taking shape for 2013, pitting plaintiff and defense-side trial lawyers against the high court.

The dispute concerns the Supreme Court’s proposed rule for expedited actions in cases seeking less than $100,000. The 2011 tort reform law, House Bill 274, required the court to create the expedited-action rule.

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