Ammunition for Edwards to blast Cheney on litigation reform

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http://www.tpj.org/page_view.jsp?pageid=99&pubid=42

Look what happened at Halliburton:
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In an over-the-top business power grab, Texas’ High Court last month overturned two lower courts to force a Halliburton employment dispute out of court and into arbitration (In re Halliburton Co.).

The ruling paves the way for Texas businesses to strip their employees of the right to use jury trials to settle employment disputes. This is a major victory for the business tort lobby that bankrolls much of the justices’ political campaigns.

Under then-CEO Dick Cheney, Halliburton sought to strip workers of their right to try work disputes in court. In November 1997, Halliburton simply notified its workers that anyone who showed up for work in the New Year was thereby tacitly “waiving all rights…to trial by jury.”

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Edwards needs to pounce on this -- what "litigation reform" REALLY means -- YOU LOSE ACCESS TO THE COURT SYSTEM. That's what they want and that's what you will get.

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1. Halliburton is the mother

of all torts. From asbestos to rotten food in Iraq. This is one massive fraud and liability show.

Go get 'em, Mr. Edwards.