In his January 31, 2017 State of the State Address, Texas Governor Greg Abbott called hailstorm litigation “the newest form of lawsuit abuse” and stated his desire for legislation “that limits abusive hailstorm litigation.” In response, on February 13, 2017, Sen. Kelly Hancock proposed Senate Bill 10 (the Hailstorm Bill) and echoed Gov. Abbott’s comments. According to Sen. Hancock, hailstorm litigation in Texas had “spiraled out of control” primarily because of a small group of trial lawyers “who abuse the system.” These “bad actors” made “legislative enactment… necessary.”

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