. . . but also wants to do away with non-economic damages (for “ordinary negligence”).
The reason: “Many people want their lotto ticket in case they get hurt.”
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Anon 233
How many people does this actually describe? While I agree if you have an extraordinary life you should perhaps be compensated for your loss, we shouldn’t treat the death of a 98 year old woman as a shock — worthy of a jackpot.
I don’t particularly dislike the idea of health courts. We do also need science courts to put an end to the providers that make a killing, so to speak, peddling junk science (the litigant told me they were hurt in the accident so it must be true) in the PI realm. Deciding these matters based upon the emotive response of a credulous jury does a great disservice to the idea of American jurisprudence.
“How many people does this actually describe? While I agree if you have an extraordinary life you should perhaps be compensated for your loss, we shouldn’t treat the death of a 98 year old woman as a shock — worthy of a jackpot.”
It doesn’t even need to be that extraordinary. What if you’re you – a person who presumably enjoys his days spending time wrestling with his kid, holding his wife, going to football games, leaning against your truck having a beer, whatever. Now every one of those things cannot be physically done at all or without pain. Does that have zero value?
Healthcourts as proposed above are a taxpayer boondoggle where we take over the costs that the insurers contracted to bear.
Can someone point me to a medical malpractice “lottery winner” who any of you would trade places with?
Yes genius – any “whiplash” victim who gets a six figure settlement – this syndrome does not exist in countries that don’t compensate it , so yes , I would gladly trade places with them or with a chronic pain syndrome patient , because I dont have dependent personality disorder , just narcissism!
Thanks for mentioning my tort reform post on your blog.
Warren
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