Bay Area Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (BACALA) is dedicated to informing members of our community about the rising costs associated with the current civil justice system. Every Day new supporters are joining us, and I hope you will join us in the fight against abuse as well.

Consider this:

• Litigation extracts more than $25 Billion from the Texas economy every year.
• The burden of litigation -- sometimes called "lawsuit tax" -- on our households is $809 per person a year. That's over $3,200 for every household in Texas!

What does this mean to you and me? It means that we spend a lot of money -- on taxes and higher prices for products and services-- to pay for a civil litigation system that has spun out of control.