Skip Tucker, Executive Director of Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse, fills in voters about the unholy alliance powerful Alabama trial lawyers and Attorney General Troy King to roll back tort reforms by wresting control of the state Supreme Court from rule-of-law justices.

Here’s the game: File bogus lawsuits against PR-challenged companies like ExxonMobil which everyone knows will be thrown out of court.  Then use these decisions as a sledgehammer against judges who believe courts exist to uphold the rule of law, not pad the already bulging pockets of filthy rich trial lawyers. After packing the court, roll back Alabama’s important tort reform legislation, which has turned the state from an economic basket case to an attractive location for investment and jobs.  As Tucker points out:

Alabama only got manufacturers like Hyundai, Toyota and ThyssenKrupp after tort reform laws were passed in 1999.  If the trial lawyers regain the court, their candidates, like [Alabama Supreme Court Justice] Sue Bell Cobb, will throw out these important tort reform laws.

It goes without saying that wealthy trial lawyers have funneled millions in campaign contributions to elect Justice Cobb, shifting funds through more than 20 PACs, and are prepared to spend millions more to control Alabama’s highest court. That’s the price of democratic elections – but I believe that Alabama voters armed with the facts will recognize that a Supreme Court in the pocket of the trial bar is not in the state’s best interest.