Comments on: A lawyer attacks health courts . . .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:29:00 +0000

Thanks for mentioning my tort reform post on your blog.

Warren

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:13:00 +0000

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!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:51:00 +0000

Can someone point me to a medical malpractice “lottery winner” who any of you would trade places with?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:44:00 +0000

“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.

By: Criminallopath

Criminallopath — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:42:00 +0000

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:39:00 +0000

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.