tort reform

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There's a new documentary at the Sundance Film Festival about the McDonald's Hot Coffee Lawsuit. The filmmaker is a lawyer concerned about how the case was turned into a propaganda tool promoting tort reform under very false pretenses. The true tale appears to have incredible aspects to it few...

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So it is a common refrain that the most important thing driving health care costs is malpractice insurance rates. Now this is broadly untrue as they are a stable 1% of health care costs and are sticking to that same percentage as health care costs increase. So asside from some specific...

In another thread dealing with the subject of tort reform, I noted: The notion of regulations being a complete defense was changed today, in the case of Riegel vs. Medtronic, Inc. The case dealt with one area where there is heavy government regulation, namely, the field of medical devices (and...

A "pet issue" of mine is tort reform and the related issues of insurance reform and liability. A lot of people don't realize just how deeply our messed up system of insurance, liability, and lawsuits affects our culture. I want to give a personal demonstration of one more way in which these...

Bork is back in the news. http://www.acsblog.org/economic-regulation-employment-leading-conservative-activist-seeks-punitive-damages.html As if the Saturday Night Massacre was not enough to define him as a total tool. Daredelvis

From ABC News (US) and AP: As I have said before, class actions for damages are far more subject to abuse than medical malpractice actions. They are subject to abuse from both sides, with the ones getting the short end of the stick being the members of the class, who in theory are the ones who...

From Yahoo and AP: This is just more Bush bull****. There already is a law against frivolous lawsuits brought in federal court, and it protects businesses and doctors. For that matter, it protects everyone from suits that are without merit in fact or law. There are also laws in place to...