Brough's complaint about those "spending millions of dollars" on tort reform is ironic; he is allegedly a member of what a community paper calls Mikal Watts's "Millionaire Lawyers Club" that allegedly handpicks judges and influences elections on the 148th District Court in Corpus Christi. But given that a runaway plaintiffs' bar is costing the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars a year, it's unsurprising that some of the victims of that problem seek to fix it. But the plaintiffs' bar outspends reformers by a 3-1 ratio.
10. Did any settlement communications with Ford or Firestone mention the propensity of Nueces County juries to award large verdicts?
11. Did any settlement communications with Ford or Firestone mention the propensity of local judges to favor plaintiffs' firms that supported their election campaign?
