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This 1995 Texas law could shield Alex Jones from paying the vast majority of the $50 million defamation case judgment

Republicans in 2003 enacted sweeping lawsuit reforms that limit the amount of damages plaintiffs collect.

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
Posted 8/12/22

A Texas jury has awarded a nearly $50 million judgment in a defamation trial against extremist talk show host Alex Jones for claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. He was …

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