Justice for All - The Wyatt Wright Show

Wyatt exposes how Texas insurers are regularly escaping their duties to policyholders in uninsured/underinsured motorist cases. Regular Texans are getting left out in the cold once again due to the ruling in Brainard v. Trinity Universal Insurance Co.

Wyatt discusses the crippling ruling of the Texas Supreme Court in Port Elevator v. Casados, which strikes a blow to every employee in Texas. No longer does an employee actually have to receive compensation benefits in order for the employer to be immune from suit after causing an employee’s injuries.

Wyatt reviews a recent report from non-partisan watchdog group Court Watch, entitled “Thumbs on the Scale—A Retrospective of the Texas Supreme Court 2000-2010.” The report details statistics showing that consumers lose against big business almost 80% of the time at the Texas Supreme Court, and that the high court reverses 74% of all jury verdicts in consumer cases.

Wyatt discusses the Texas Supreme Court’s abandonment of 128 years of Texas law in its ruling in Haygood v. Escabedo which virtually eliminated the time tested legal maxim known as the Collateral Source Rule—an equitable concept practiced nationwide, but no longer in Texas.

Wyatt discusses the devastating ruling of the Texas Supreme Court in Tex Mutual Ins. Co. v. Ruttiger which erased a cause of action and immunized workers’ compensation insurance companies from any threat of being sued by policyholders—even when the insurers blatantly and deliberately deny claims to injured Texas workers.

Wyatt discusses the dangerous ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Pliva v. Mensing which overturned the 8th and 5th circuits’ decisions and held that federal drug regulations applicable to generic drug manufacturers directly conflict with and preempt plaintiffs’ state law claims. This absurdity means that people injured by dangerous “name brand drugs” can sue for relief while those injured by “generic drugs” have absolutely no remedy in the law at all.

Wyatt discusses the dangerous ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Pliva v. Mensing which overturned the 8th and 5th circuits’ decisions and held that federal drug regulations applicable to generic drug manufacturers directly conflict with and preempt plaintiffs’ state law claims. This absurdity means that people injured by dangerous “name brand drugs” can sue for relief while those injured by “generic drugs” have absolutely no remedy in the law at all.

Wyatt discusses Texas’ medical malpractice reform laws which don’t do much in the way of helping competent doctors, but which insulates the bad ones. Caps on lawsuits and the demise of ordinary negligence are discussed.

Wyatt discusses the complete elimination of any recourse coastal residents had against the bad faith actions of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. A new law completely immunizes the huge insurer from the danger of lawsuits if they behave badly.

Wyatt discusses the increasing dilution and disenfranchisement of population representative voices in politics. Topics covered include Texas’ new Voter ID law and the legislative redistricting/gerrymandering of 2011.