There was a push to make "losers pay". If you bring a lawsuit and you lose, you had to pay the defendant's legal bills.
Well if a small guy is suing a large company, the large company may have $500/hr lawyers and the small guy may have a $100/hr lawyer. The large company can keep the lawsuit tied up for years, racking up huge legal costs. So clearly "losers pay" doesn't work. The problem is that some people think a misdiagnosis or a medical error is equivalent to winning the lottery. The doctor messed up and I lost the tip of my little finger, so now I sue for $50 million for pain and suffering. So clearly we have to come up with some tort reform or this will never work. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Alan Lukachko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Alan Lukachko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:36 PM > Doesn't the U.S. justice system guarantee fairness to > all? Perhaps I'm naïve > in the U.S. system. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Pete Theisen > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:04 PM > > To: ProFox Email List > > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > > > Alan Lukachko wrote: > > > Perhaps, but I'm not aware of any that got > any profile. That would have > > been > > > front page news. > > > > Hi Alan! > > > > There was a tort reform trend in some new state laws. > It basically took > > the form that if you sue a rich person, an insurance > company or the > > government you automatically lose. > > > > >> Didn't Bush try and push (and perhaps > pass?) some tort reform in the > > >> past 8 years? > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Pete > > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
