Personal injury, trucking lawsuit bills die

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A pair of bills backed by Texans for Lawsuit Reform, aimed at reducing large jury verdicts in personal injury and trucking accident cases, died this legislative session.

Senate Bill 30 — filed with the goal of "curbing nuclear verdicts" — and Senate Bill 39 were two of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's priority bills for this legislative session.

Under SB 30, a jury would have heard if an attorney referred their client — and others over the past two years — to a specific doctor.