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According to Butterworth, most children who commit violent crime
show an early combination of personality and family factors that
include having trouble getting along with playmates, doing poorly in
school and having few friends.

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important and gratifying to see that this issue is being addressed in
Congress and that the President has made this issue a priority for his
second term. ACEC is also supportive of The Lawsuit Abuse
Reduction Act, introduced last week by Rep.D.D. Research also indicates that children who kill feel that they
have no purpose in society, do not believe that they are emotionally
important to their parents and exhibit chronic low self-esteem," said
Butterworth. These potential violent children, although not always
identified early by adults, are usually known by their peers as the
perpetrators of abuse on other children who in most cases remain
silent.

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WASHINGTON----The American Council
of Engineering Companies (ACEC) strongly endorsed today's Senate
passage of the Class Action Fairness Act (S.

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Too often, lawsuits are only an attempt to
force settlements from a corporation even though the corporation is
not guilty of any wrongdoing., a clinical psychologist who has
consulted on numerous school shootings and who was featured in
Michael Moore's film, "Bowling for Columbine.
"We now know, from numerous examples of child murder in small
communities and middle-class homes, that instances of children killing
have invaded the heartland of America and that all children are at
risk.

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Raymond noted that engineering firms are increasingly becoming
victims of lawsuit abuse.

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5), as a first step in
bringing common sense and meaningful reform to a troubled U. Lamar Smith, (R-Texas),
which tightens the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to establish
mandatory sanctions against lawyers who file repeated frivolous
lawsuits .

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Abuse of the class action lawsuit system includes frivolous
claims, gaming of the system to keep cases in lenient state courts,
and collusive statements.

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5 is the first component of a larger tort reform effort backed
by the Council, which includes legislation to curb runaway medical
malpractice awards that drive up the cost of health insurance for
engineering firms.

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He is a member of the media division of the American
Psychological Association and is a licensed clinical psychologist.

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WHO: Robert R.

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system.
The Class Action Fairness Act seeks to curb abuses of the class
action lawsuit system. By the age of ten, they're picking
fights and labeled by their peers as social outcasts.

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These children typically come from families where parents are poor
at disciplining because they are either indifferent, neglectful, or
too coercive, or they use harsh physical punishment.

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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is the
business association of America's engineering industry, representing
approximately 5,500 independent engineering companies throughout the
United States engaged in the development of America's transportation,
environmental, industrial, and other infrastructure.

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, ACEC is a national federation
of 51 state and regional organizations .
"All the experts that want to blame child shootings on the media,
video games or guns have failed to understand the research on violence
and children and the role of personality in creating these
youngsters," said Butterworth.
Statistics confirm that more violent crimes are being committed by
increasingly younger children.

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Backed by President Bush and Senate Majority
Leader Bill First (R-TN), the legislation does not make any changes to
substantive law, but instead would allow multi -state class action
litigants to move their cases from state to federal court, thus
avoiding "judicial hellholes" or certain state courts known for strong
consumer bias, anti-business jurors and outrageous jury awards.
Butterworth has conducted extensive surveys focused on children
and youth.

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"There are always litigants out there
looking for what they consider a deep pocket regardless of the facts
or the merits of the case," Raymond said.

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Butterworth, Ph. Most children are not natural born
killers but exhibit a gradual increasing combination of delinquent and
aggressive behavior and an inability to emphasize or connect with
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ACEC Applauds Senate Passage of Class Action Reform Bill; Engineering Firms Also Fall Victim to Lawsuit Abuse

"As a result, more and more
engineers are becoming the answer to the question -- 'who else can we
sue?' -- in a legal system out of balance. According to a review of psychological
research, children with early delinquent and aggressive delayed
emotional and intellectual functioning, a history of being continually
disruptive , difficulty getting along with other children, and those
who come from homes with disruptive parenting are most prone to act
out their rage through murder," said child psychologist Robert R.