Posted on 09/06/2004 5:25:23 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
The once dominant U.S. men's and women's diving teams suffered their worst performance ever at the Athens Olympics, shut out from medals for the first time since diving was introduced at as an Olympic sport 92 years ago. ("Chinese dive to record haul", AFP/Independent Online (South Africa), Aug. 29). Why the falloff? "After a golden age in the seventies -- a decadent, late-Roman last hurrah -- the American pool has suffered a gradual decline: thanks, for the most part, to concerns about safety and liability, diving boards have been removed and deep ends undeepened. At municipal pools across the country, the once-ubiquitous one-metre springboard has become an endangered species; and the three-metre high dive -- the T. rex of the community pool -- is now virtually extinct. ...
Ron O’Brien, U.S.A. Diving’s national technical director, and the former coach of Greg Louganis, said last week, 'You can't put your finger on any one thing, but having so many diving boards taken out around the country has had a serious impact on our sport, no question about it.'" (Field Maloney, "Cannonball!", The New Yorker, Aug. 30 issue
The utterly corrupt US trial lawyer industry is in very serious need of massive, massive reform.
Trial lawyers are ruining this country with their bs lawsuits.
I cant remember the last time I saw a diving board at a municipal pool and its getting hard to find one in a private pool anymore. You used to have to wait in line to dive off the board.
Why doesn't someone ask Edwards about the consequences of litigating every potential risk imaginable?
An the shysters are stealing our freedoms, each and every day.
There are no diving boards any more in my area. All litigated away by the unelected, unrepresentive court mafia.
Centers for Disease Control: 157,000 people die of unintentional injuries each year - Armed with this new data, thousands of trial lawyers have drawn even closer to their ultimate goal of having everyone sue everyone. While statistically it would be impossible for either side in such a massive suit to come out ahead, the lawyers will almost assuredly benefit from Trillions of dollars in legal fees and a percentage of the total award.
There are no "private" diving boards because the lawyers have made it unaffordable. The insurance companies refuse to insure your house if you have a diving board. The main reason is that America is turning into a bubble wrap, no risk bunch of pussies... thank you lawyers, thank you democrats,
It will get far worse unless the people rise up against the Trial Lawyer Industry.
What would you suggest? A lynch mob?
Works for me.
Then it's time to back proposals, in Congress, to limit payouts, as well as fees to lawyers.
The incentive to sue has to be mitigated. We're already seeing a backlash against litigation as doctors abandon their practices, and the rules of "safety" become more stringent.
No, just massive tort reform, placing bar associations under non-lawyer consumer control, eliminating contiongency fees, that sort of thing.
I favor the approach of those doctors who no longer see lawyers or their families as a risk management strategy. What if we all did that?
The downside to trial lawyers is certainly greater than the upside.
Can anyone seriously claim that the average life of an American is benefited by the "Trial Lawyer"?
What do trial lawyers contribute to society other than adding billions of dollars to the cost of labor, supplies, goods, and every other item in the USA?
It would be interesting to see a cost/benefit study done lawsuits. What is the actual pass along cost of these lawsuits and do they actually benefit society?
I think we all really know the answer.
What about if you build your house on the beach in Florida?
What you decide for you to do with your own body is your business. What decide to do for other adults with their own bodies is not.
It's fer the chilrun.
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