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May 05, 2005


8,200 amendments

That was the number of amendments offered as part of a trial-lawyer-led filibuster against litigation reform in South Carolina. It didn't work, though, and a package of reforms passed recently with strong support from the legislature and Gov. Mark Sanford. Cam Crawford, executive director of South Carolinians for Tort Reform, tells the story.

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