The lawsuit industry has its panties in a bunch over the prospect of Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry becoming President, and the trial lawyers are prepared to loosen their purse strings in a bid to defeat him as reported by Alexander Burns for Politico: "there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred — and fear — as Perry, an avowed opponent of the plaintiffs' bar who has presided over several rounds of tort reform as governor." The Perry campaign views trial lawyers as parasites on the economy, and spokesman Mark Miner said "plaintiffs' lawyers 'feed off the system' and inhibit job creation."
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