The Governor of MN vetoes GOP tort "reform" bills

noting that they were cookie-cutter bills concocted by ALEC.

Dayton said the ideas had been rejected by a task force appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court, and that most of the bills were cookie cutter legislation proposed in several states by a conservative action group.

He also pointed to statistics showing that the number of actual tort cases in Minnesota's civil courts has fallen 40 percent since 1997, and that such lawsuits make up only three percent of the Minnesota court system's case load.

"So exactly who did the Republicans in the legislature listen to?" Dayton asked, as he held up a thick document.

"Three of the four bills come right from this manual. Tort Reform Boot Camp, published by the American Legislative exchange council, or ALEC."