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Fearing that ultimately the tort lawyers would bankrupt them, the tobacco companies agreed to give up their constitutional ace in the hole.
L. 103-413) authorized the Departments to jointly promulgate regulations limited solely to self-determination contracts or the approval, award or declination of such contract regarding the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Contract Disputes Act, declination and waiver procedures, appeal procedures, reassumption procedures, discretionary grant procedures, property donation procedures, internal agency procedures relating to implementation of the Act, retrocession and tribal organization relinquishment procedures, contract proposal contents, conflicts of interest, construction, programmatic reports and data requirements, procurement standards, property management standards and financial management standards.
Whatever happens to tobacco sales under the new settlement between the states and the tobacco companies--or, more accurately, between the tobacco lobbyists and some enterprising tort lawyers--it's bound to result in the further withdrawal of cigarettes from the mainstream of popular culture, including songs.
Tort reform was part of the Contract With America, and he is a one-man litigation explosion.
For one thing, there is something called Tort Law (malpractice) that discourages even the most dyed-in-the-wool supporters of "death with dignity" from actually prescribing any suicide cocktail.