1.   It would restrict actions to existing tort law and would reproduce the problems which have been encountered with liability for omissions.

2.   So there is no violation of political integrity in the fact that the tort laws of some states differ from those of others even over matters of principle.

3.   And leave substantive tort law to state courts and legislatures, where it belongs.

4.   And they contend that tort law has become an instrument of greedy lawyers.

5.   But Professor Kenneth Abraham, a specialist in insurance and tort law at the University of Virginia, has a different view.

6.   But they want to do it under California law, which allows plaintiffs to sue for punitive damages, rather than the stingier Washington state civil tort laws.

7.   Corzine said the legislation tried to overcome a number of political and ideological obstacles, including changes in tort law.

8.   Democrats responded that the Republican bill was a stalking horse for sweeping changes in tort laws.

9.   Do we really want the Supreme Court deciding tort law for the states?

10.   Federalization of tort law is an example.