Texas gets ‘loser pays’ tort reform law to end frivolous lawsuits
Authored by Rep. Brandon Creighton and signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry, HB274 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to require a court that hears a civil proceeding, on a motion to dismiss, to award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees to the prevailing party, except in specified actions. Parties who lose a motion to dismiss must pay the other sides’ court costs and attorneys’ fees.
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