House takes up injury lawsuit reform bill

House takes up injury lawsuit reform bill

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- An injury lawsuit reform bill critics say will make it harder for victims to receive justice inched closer to becoming law when the Texas House voted to pass it 94-52 late Monday evening. Under Senate Bill 30, a jury would hear if an attorney referred their client -- and others over the past two years -- to a doctor. That provider must submit an affidavit that treatment was reasonable and medical expenses should be based off rat…