The Texas Inactive Docket Proposal

About the Author Kelli Soika is a research analyst with the House Research Organization, an independent, nonpartisan office within the Texas House of Representatives that produces impartial information on legislation and issues considered by the Texas Legislature.' This article originally appeared in Focus Report Number 78-16, House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, April 2, 2004.

A sharp resurgence in the number of asbestos-related claims filed over the past few years in Texas has prompted some legislators to propose the creation of an "inactive docket," a type of waiting list for plaintiffs who have been exposed …