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Tort reform idea is a mistake.

Publication: Westchester County Business Journal
Publication Date: 31-JAN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 936 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tort reform idea is a mistake.(ViewPoint)

Article Excerpt
President Bush and the Republican leaders of Congress have made it clear that so-called tort reform will be on their agenda for this year. Unfortunately, the debate is fueled by myths that present a distorted view of this issue.

Paid lobbyists and other advocates for tort reform claim that lawsuits cause many financial ills in our country. They say lawsuits raise the cost of health care and consumer products. It's all the fault, they say, of contingency fee lawyers and a "litigation culture" that leads people to sue anytime anything goes wrong, regardless of fault.

They are wrong on many fronts. Juries are not being duped by scheming plaintiffs--aided by "slick trial lawyers"--into awarding them outrageous sums of money. In fact, according to the U.S. Justice Department, the median jury verdict in 2001 (the most recent statistics available) in...

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