The GOP myth of the "Lawsuit" crisis
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The GOP myth of the "Lawsuit" crisis
| Sat, 10-02-2004 - 3:32pm |
Excellent article I thought. Comments?
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0410.mencimer.html

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I was going to make that very point... and that is how you can counteract this stuff. I shouldn't say any more on it, because I don't know the facts, and discussing something I know nothing about is...!
Regulation... not in selling coffee... in any food service, health inspectors do check temps... and coffee that can scald would seem a logical thing to check, no? When a home inspector certifies property for occupancy, they check hot water temps.
No! I trust my fellow citizens on the jury long before I trust the political hack on the bench.
You know, I really don't understand this attitude. Polls show that lawyers are amoung the most mistrusted people in America. They also show that politician are also amoug the most mistrusted. Yet you would prefer a politician and a lawyer to make these decisions over your fellow citizens? Why in the world would you make that kind of a judgment call?
And don't forget one thing. The McDonalds of the world have lawyers, too. Good ones. These defendants are not just poor, helpless little babes, prayed on by some wolves. If anything, tons of suits never get filed, just because the plaintiffs can't afford to pay the cost of litigation just to get the case to court.
There is no lawsuit crisis. None. At least not due to the money the plaintiffs win. When I have more time, I'll tell you about a lawsuit, and how a major drug company bought a suit by paying the plaintiff to lose.
"Be extremely careful if you are stupid and plan to drive a car or truck with this open container of hot liquid between your legs"?
In the case of negligence on the part of a hospital, doctor, etc, the patient should have the right to sue, but when something is done as a matter of a good samaritan case such as the doctor giving CPR to the man with the heart attack, and cracking the mans rib but saving his life, or an EMT having to cut away the clothing on an accident victim to properly diagnose the situation, then no suit should be allowed to be brought.
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