Candidacy for Supreme Court
"When one insurance company sues another." -- from Judicial Tort Reform in Texas
That’s a joke among law clerks in the Texas Supreme Court, a reference to the court’s reputation for ruling in favor of corporations and insurance companies.
It’s included in a recent study by a University of Texas law professor that documented that bias, finding that the court ruled in favor of corporations or the insurance industry 87 percent of the time.
A separate study by Texas Watch, a non-partisan, advocacy organization reached much the same conclusion based on the court’s rulings for 2007-2008, stating in a recent article that “Texas families and consumers do not have a level playing field at the Texas Supreme Court. The Court has exhibited a clear bias towards insurance and corporate special interests for several years.”
As a candidate for Place 9, Blake Bailey is seeking to restore balance to the court. "We don’t want unfair decisions against insurance companies. We simply want a level playing field," Bailey said, "and we want the court to honor every American's right to a trial by jury.
"In many opinions the Supreme Court has held against a Texas citizen by deciding that the 12 members of the jury, the trial judge and the three Court of Appeals judges were 'unreasonable' in their fact findings."
"This is tantamount to stealing our right to trial by jury ... a right that is guaranteed by the U.S. and Texas constitutions.”
Bailey for the Texas Supreme Court
