House plans to move most class-action suits to federal courts
Friday, June 13, 2003
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday approved moving virtually all national class-action lawsuits from state court into federal court, a move supporters hope will curb frivolous lawsuits but opponents fear will allow big businesses to escape multimillion-dollar verdicts for misdeeds.
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