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Government

Oct. 27, 2006

After Election, Litigators May Get Leverage but Not Results

WASHINGTON - If the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives on Election Day, trial lawyers will have new leverage to stop the tort reform agenda backed by business interests.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - If the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives on Election Day, trial lawyers will have new leverage to stop the tort reform agenda backed by business interests.
      But despite the millions of campaign dollars trial lawyers have given to defeat the Republicans, they may not get much more than that.
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