Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott is again facing criticism from Democrat Wendy Davis over his rulings in sexual assault cases while serving on the Texas Supreme Court.
The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday that Abbott sided four times against victims who sued their attacker or a company for negligence during his former tenure as a justice on the state's highest civil court.
A spokeswoman for Abbott says he ruled based on existing law. The former cases surfaced a week after Davis released her first statewide TV ad that attacked Abbott for not siding with a rape victim whose lawsuit reached the high court in 1998.
Abbott condemned the ad as a "desperate attack." Davis' campaign says the decisions show a pattern of ruling against Texans who need him.
