Posted by Mary_Bowers on October 21, 2004, at 12:48:39
In reply to Re: That's a bit premature » gardenergirl, posted by AuntieMel on October 21, 2004, at 12:10:46
> The jury system still works well and unfounded lawsuits do fail.
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> Tort reform = BAD. Another case of the govmt protecting us from ourselves.
During a debate with Vice President Dick Cheney, vice presidential candidate John Edwards, a reknowned medical malpractice attorney, recognized a need for tort reform. Edwards suggests a screening panel to sort frivilous lawsuits from genuinely actionable controversies.Along those lines, a more profound public understanding of actionable behavior by medical practitioners could allow clients to pressure practitioners to reform their practices before the controversy rises to an active tort. A profound understanding of actionable practices can also help injured parties style their complaint so it does not appear frivilous. Clients and patients need to understand what their doctors can or cannot do, under their license, and need to be able to confront doctors with non-frivilous descriptions of offenses they feel they might have suffered at the doctors hands, allowing the doctor an opportunity to understand the gravity of the complaint and reform his or her practice before it becomes an issue that clogs up courts and costs other patients through increased malpractice costs for the doctor.
That has been the primary purpose of my contributions here.
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