Tort reform takes time.(Opinions)

Business Insurance, July, 2004

CLASS ACTION REFORM advocates have every right to feel deep disappointment over the fate of the Class Action Fairness Act. But disappointment should not descend into paralyzing despair-not by a long shot. Absent a national emergency, getting significant and controversial legislation-which is exactly what the Class Action Fairness Act is-through Congress is rarely easy.

In fact, doing so often takes several congressional sessions to accomplish. That's simply the nature of the legislative process when a measure must win the approval of two bodies-the House and the Senate-that operate by different rules. And it was one of the Senate's peculiar rules that put the brakes on class action reform a few days ago. Unlike the House, the Senate allows a determined...

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