When House Majority Leader Rep. Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) spoke on the Y2K liability bill in May, just before the House passed it 236-190, he depicted the plaintiffs' lawyers opposing the measure as "a bunch of buzzards and vultures [waiting] to feed off the carcasses." One or another tort reform proposal has been a nearly constant element on the congressional agenda. But measured by their own aspirations, Republicans have managed to enact little legislation on the matter.
June 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey spoke on the Y2K liability bill in May, just before the House passed it 236-190, the Texas Republican depicted the plaintiffs’ lawyers opposing the measure as “a bunch of buzzards and vultures [waiting] to feed off the carcasses.”
Such talk about lawyers has been heard often since the Republicans took control of Congress. One or another tort reform proposal has been a nearly constant element on the congressional agenda.
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