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Senate Clears Way for Vote on Healthcare before Christmas

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Kallen are you an I agreeing on Tort Reform?



Dunno, what is your position on tort reform?

I'm in favor of (1) making the loser pay the winner's costs. That should reduce the number of nuisance and frivolous lawsuits. (2) eliminating the doctrine that even if 1% liable for an injury you can be 100% responsible for the damage award if you are a rich bastard, and (3) having impartial court appointed expert witnesses rather than hired guns.
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I'm in favor of (1) making the loser pay the winner's costs. That should reduce the number of nuisance and frivolous lawsuits.



And eliminate the ability of the commoners to use the courts to seek justice.



Gotta agree here. There's no way John Q Citizen would ever go against a big corporation even if they had a solid case. The downside of paying off multi-million dollar lawyer fees would be too much.

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