Oklahoma legislature tries again to pass tort reform bills

After the Oklahoma Supreme Court declared the Oklahoma attempt to reform tort law last year, the legislature was back at it again this week in a special session - the first one since 2006.  In the last day of the five day session, the Oklahoma Legislature passed about two dozen bills to address legal procedures in areas such as medical malpractice, class-action lawsuits and product liability.  Some appear to be similar to the ones already declared unconstitutional, which caused some debate.  Most others, apparently did not generate much controversy.  According to one account, the Senate took less than two hours to pass its dozen bills with little discussion or Democratic opposition. Go here and here for more details.  The bills will now go to the governor.  Eventually, they will be challenged in court and, likely, declared unconstitutional again.  But we'll have to wait and see...