On the same day that Democrat John Kerry tapped John Edwards, the Senate's best-known ex-trial lawyer, as running mate, the GOP-controlled Senate tried to curtail class actions that corporations see as little more than get-rich schemes for trial lawyers. Debate was set before Kerry's announcement, and Majority Leader Bill Frist said the measure wouldn't be a means to attack Edwards, who has opposed limits on suing businesses. But tort reform advocates have already invoked Edwards' name.
July 07, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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