http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tortreform/ en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:56:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392960/posts More pearls of wisdom from the SoundOffSister. This is truly priceless. How Sen. Reid (D-Nev.), or any other senator, for that matter, can propose this language with a straight face is perhaps a good indication of how bad the Senate version of Obamacare is. Beginning at page 1858 in Section 6801, the Senate, no doubt with furrowed brow, plunges into the serious issue of tort reform. Here’s what they say: (1) Health care reform presents an opportunity to address issues related to medical malpractice and medical liability insurance, http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392960/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390891/posts Ninety-two percent of the almost 2,000 physicians who responded to a Jackson Healthcare survey of physicians agree with Dr. Chad Hewitt. The number one way to reduce health care costs may be tort reform. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390891/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388935/posts Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., explains why he voted against the health care bill By Nanette Light Senators will choke on a government-run health care plan, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., predicts. And that's about has far as his optimism reaches. He's anything but hopeful the health care bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 7, will survive its route through the Senate. "It'll be interesting to see what the Senate comes up with, where the rules of the game are different," Cole said in a telephone interview Friday, when he revealed the basis behind his "no" vote during a... Norman Transcript http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388935/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387692/posts It's natural to sympathize with the parents of Brandon Patch, the 18-year-old baseball pitcher who died after he was hit by a batted ball in 2003. Sooner or later, sympathy must yield to logic and reason, so when Brandon's parents sued the bat's manufacturer, Louisville Slugger, and a jury awarded them $850,000, they contributed to the terribly misguided notion that behind every tragedy lies a lawsuit. I haven't suffered what the Patches have suffered, and I pray that I never do. I understand that pursuing litigation gives them a sense that their son's random, pointless death was not so pointless.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387692/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:05:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385665/posts Antitrust exemption: A 1945 law prevented the federal government from regulating all forms of insurance, leaving that duty to the states.[Huck's note--so did a 1787 law, called the 10th amendment]. As a result, the law also shielded insurers from federal antitrust laws that prohibit price-fixing and collusion. This is seen as a problem for residents in many areas where only one or two health insurers operate. Rather than go to a neighboring state where another insurer might be offering a better deal, residents are forced to choose between the insurers that are regulated by their state government. Buying across state... LA TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385665/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382252/posts Seventy-four percent of American physicians believe they have less control over the way they practice medicine than they did five years ago, mostly due to medical malpractice litigation. The majority, 85 percent, said the threat of medical malpractice litigation is their primary hindrance to practicing medicine as they see fit. “We found that regardless of a physician’s political affiliation, the respondents attributed the practice of defensive medicine to excessive waste in the health care system,” Orlando Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382252/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378990/posts WASHINGTON — After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own. It's much shorter and focuses on bringing down costs rather than extending coverage to nearly all Americans. A 230-page draft was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said changes were still being made before the bill would be finalized in time to offer as an alternative when Democrats begin floor debate on their bill, possibly at the end of this week. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378990/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:59:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377245/posts In his Sept. 9 address before Congress, President Obama noted that litigation "may be contributing" to increasing health-care costs and promised to fund "demonstration projects" in the states to improve the liability system and to test "ideas about how to put patient safety first." Alas, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health-care bill emerged last week, it became clear that Congress' leaders are less interested in funding demonstration projects that work than in keeping cash flowing from trial lawyers to the Democratic Party. Section 2351 of the Pelosi bill outlines incentive grants to the states to fund "medical liability alternative" demonstrations... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377245/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:14:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376353/posts AN Indian man claims he has been cheated by the cosmetics firm that makes popular deodorant Lynx after failing to land a girlfriend for the past seven years. Vaibhav Bev has been using Lynx deodorant since 2002, in the hope the company's promotional campaign - which features scantily clad women throwing themselves at men - had some basis in real life. Mr Bev is suing the maker of Lynx - marketed as Axe in his home country - for more than $100,000, seeking compensation for "depression and psychological damage". "I used it for seven years but no girl came to... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376353/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:19:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375724/posts A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game. The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed. They contended that their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in... KCCI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375724/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 05:47:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374839/posts The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the bill): Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes... breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374839/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:12:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373841/posts <p>Prominent Houston attorney John O'Quinn was one of two men who died this morning when their SUV slammed into a large tree on Allen Parkway after the driver apparently lost control, police said.</p> <p>"I'm stunned. The community lost one of its biggest assets," said Rick Laminack, who worked with O'Quinn from 1987 until 2006. "He was a great lawyer who shared a lot of his wealth with people who needed help."</p> Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373841/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373773/posts The case of the Flying Imams reached a settlement; and it favors political correctness and misguided views on profiling and religious sensitivities over common sense. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which represented the imams, said the settlement is "a victory for civil rights." "The six imams are pleased," Hooper said. "Their rights were maintained by the settlement." This is no victory for civil rights. These imams gave reasonable cause for alarm, based as much upon behavioral profiling as much as religious and ethnic profiling. The settlement sends a message that favors stupidity over safety: That lawsuit... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373773/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:06:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371464/posts Let’s get the boring stuff out of the way. Albert Freed (pictured) won a trip to Hawaii (not pictured). As part of the vacation celebration, Mrs. Freed bought her husband some new Hanes brand briefs. But Mr. Freed is a husky gentleman, and apparently the new trunks couldn’t contain all of his junk. He sued Hanes, claiming they made “defective” underwear. Above the Law http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371464/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371086/posts Saying that Republicans have no solutions to the health care crisis is a flat out lie, and an attempt at distraction. The Democrats want the American people to think that there are no other solutions but their plan. They are trying to portray health care as so unfixable, beyond the power of the free market, that the only answer is the hand of government. They want us to believe that government will make it better, that we need the beaurocracy, that we are dependent on the politicians we elect for our basic health needs. They treat us as if we... The Politicizer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371086/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:15:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368009/posts Below are some suggestions for lawmakers and judges to bring about a more just country: Intolerance-Justice should be based on each case and circumstance involving current law and precedent. The idiotic case of six-year-old Zachary Christie is akin to the type of lack of foresight that has parents throughout the land scratching their heads. Zachary had NO CLUE he was committing a crime with a nonflexible sentence of 45 days in a reform school. His crime? As a proud new Cub Scout, he brought a multifaceted eating and tool utensil to his school to show his little friends. Conclusion? When... www.daveweinbaum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368009/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367848/posts (PDF Format) Free Congress Foundation Commentary The Major Incurable Disease – Tort Terror By Marion Edwyn Harrison, Esq. October 21, 2009 Unlike other countries, our Federal system and many of our State judicial systems encourage litigation against physicians and hospitals. The practice of medicine is almost unimaginatively sophisticated, as applicable knowledge continually becomes more complicated and more extensive. FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION - Free Congress Foundation Commentaries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367848/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367315/posts Liberals have consistently used deception in their attempt to steer this nation to the far left, but as the old proverb states, sooner or later the truth comes to the light. But who would have thought it would have come from their own mouths? Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) on Cap-and-Trade: "Nobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one." Howard Dean on why there's no tort reform in health-care reform proposals: The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2367315/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:22:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363252/posts Sen. Max Baucus' health care bill consists of a dog's breakfast of taxes after taxes after more taxes. With so much new pressure being put on taxpayers, you might think senators would jump at the chance to find some savings that could eliminate the need for some of the tax increases. Think again. Too many senators are in the hip pocket of the wealthy plaintiffs' lawyers for them to consider any savings that would diminish the lawyers' jackpots. On Oct. 9, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that lawsuit reforms could save the government about $54 billion in health care costs... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363252/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:37:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362360/posts       | |     Manhattan Moment [Print]  [Email]         James R. Copland: Here's what is stopping tort reform By: James R. Copland OpEd ContributorOctober 14, 2009 In his September 9, nationally televised speech before a joint session of Congress, President Obama made news by saying that medical-malpractice litigation "may be contributing to unnecessary costs" in the U.S. health-care sys¡©tem.Since then, trial-lawyer advocates--including their lobbying arm, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and various allied "consumer" groups such as the Center for Justice and Democracy--have been engaged in a fierce counter-attack. Front-and-center among the lawyer-advocates' arguments is that... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362360/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:54:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362353/posts Advanced Ambulance Chasing by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 14, 2009 The lawsuit industry makes up about six percent of America’s GDP and costs thirty times more than what the NIH spends annually on cures for deadly diseases, said Lawrence J. McQuillan at a recent Heritage Foundation event. McQuillan, the director of Business and Economic Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, has dedicated countless hours to the study of tort and the potential effects of tort reform on the American economy (many of his results can be found in the PRI publication “Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America’s Tort System”).... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362353/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:45:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362325/posts Tort$ are not pastries by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 14, 2009 With politicians and protesters right and left screaming about Obama’s proposed health care reform, Bill Batchelder and Lawrence J. McQuillan have another idea: focusing on tort reform instead. This was the idea investigated at a recent Heritage Foundation forum entitled Tort Reform in the States: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Economic Growth. In introducing the panel speakers, Hans van Spakovsky of Heritage briefly discussed some of the problems relating to tort. The American tort system, he related, cost two-hundred and fifty-two billion dollars in 2007—or about one thousand dollars... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362325/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362298/posts Topping Torts by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 14, 2009 When Haley Barbour was first elected governor there, he said at the recent Heritage Foundation event, Tort Reform in the States: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Economic Growth, Mississippi was the worst place for tort abuse. The state had been dealing with bad state Supreme Court decisions, extreme lawsuit abuse, and campaigns to stop lawsuit reform. So Barbour decided to run for governor on a platform of tort reform. This was vital, Barbour said, to getting tort reform passed at all. According to Barbour, state tort reform can never pass without the... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2362298/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361551/posts NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-Medical malpractice litigation has driven up U.S. health care costs dramatically, translating into higher costs for consumers, a study said Tuesday. The report by the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy said the direct cost of medical malpractice litigation is roughly $30.4 billion annually. Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361551/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361494/posts U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land, in Columbus, has come down hard on birther attorney Orly Taitz, fining her $20,000 for willfully abusing her right to practice law. I suspect Taitz won’t have that right much longer. “The Court finds that counsel’s conduct was willful and not merely negligent. It demonstrates bad faith on her part. As an attorney, she is deemed to have known better. She owed a duty to follow the rules and to respect the Court. Counsel’s pattern of conduct conclusively establishes that she did not mistakenly violate a provision of law. She knowingly violated Rule 11.... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361494/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:39:05 GMT