Comments on: Tort reform in Texas: Working better than expected http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/tort-reform-in-texas-working-better.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/tort-reform-in-texas-working-better.html#comment-79284 Anonymous Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:59:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/tort-reform-in-texas-working-better-than-expected.html#comment-79284 "Doctors started getting sued when they stopped making house calls," he says. "As soon as they turned medicine into a business instead of a practice of caring for patients, people started saying, 'Screw 'em. We can sue doctors just like we can sue anyone else.' <br/><br/>"Lawyers have done the same thing to the practice of law." <br/><br/><br/>So Kevin, when can we expect to see your pleas for tort "reform" for legal malpractice? Or do you only want different standards of justice for yourself? “Doctors started getting sued when they stopped making house calls,” he says. “As soon as they turned medicine into a business instead of a practice of caring for patients, people started saying, ‘Screw ‘em. We can sue doctors just like we can sue anyone else.’

“Lawyers have done the same thing to the practice of law.”

So Kevin, when can we expect to see your pleas for tort “reform” for legal malpractice? Or do you only want different standards of justice for yourself?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/tort-reform-in-texas-working-better.html#comment-79281 Anonymous Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/tort-reform-in-texas-working-better-than-expected.html#comment-79281 Kevin, <br/><br/>I'll give you this - you don't hesitate to stretch a point, no matter how far beyond the pale of reality. <br/><br/>Not sure if that's a good thing, though. At least for your personal credibility. Kevin,

I’ll give you this – you don’t hesitate to stretch a point, no matter how far beyond the pale of reality.

Not sure if that’s a good thing, though. At least for your personal credibility.

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