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Yeah, but it's a slippery slope - how do you differentiate the frivolous 
lawsuits from the very justified ones?	Knowing that 1) there are companies 
out there that hire actuaries to calculate the risk of death associated 
with a defective product and to do cost-benefit analyses that figure in 
the cost of lawsuits and settlements, and _then_ decide whether or not to 
recall the product, and 2) in addition to all the caring doctors out there 
who just want to do good, there are doctors who take a cavalier attitude 
towards their patients (one of my friends nearly died because the surgeon 
who did his appendectomy was drunk) - well, knowing these things makes me 
want to set the caps on damages paid even higher rather than reducing 
them.  If they can really find a way to weed out the frivolous ones that 
won't hurt the people who actually have just cause to sue, fine.  But I'd 
much rather see McDonalds get sued once in awhile for something stupid 
than to see people being hurt and killed because the monetary incentive to 
prevent it wasn't high enough.

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Dave morris wrote:

> I don't know, this list sounds a little too right wing for me. :-)
>
> Here's a challenge- what are the good things that will come out of the 
> Republicans owning the government for four years? Anyone can come up with  a 
> litany of bad things, I challenge people to list the pros as well. I'll 
> start:
>
> An actual chance of litigation reform for the medical and possibly other 
> industries.
>
> Sure- it will largely benefit big businesses and the rich at first because  
> those are the lawsuits they'll target, but I do agree that litigation has 
> become way too rampant and core to our society in all strata in a way that 's

> dragging us all down. Starting to pull away from that, implementing real 
> consequences for frivolous laws suits etc., could be worth quite a bit.
>
> Dave
>
> On Nov 8, 2004, at 6:21 PM, Daniel Reeves wrote:
>
>> I'm creating a new mailing list for discussion of how to improve the world 
>> (primarily bitching about Bush a while longer till we reach catharsis on
>> that one).  There are just a few key people on it so far, but I made a web 
>> page to get on or off, if you want to start spreading the word...
>> 
>> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld
>> 
>> 
>> And while I'm at it:
>> 
>>  What Do You Think?
>>  The Republican Majority
>> 
>> Last week, Bush became the first Republican president to be re-elected
>> with House and Senate majorities since 1924. What do you think?
>> 
>>  "So they still control the House, Senate, and Oval Office? Well,
>> at least we still have the smug, condescending attitude that cost us the
>> election in the first place."
>>  Beverly Banks
>>  Systems Analyst
>>	"Our nation may be bitterly divided, 
>> but at least our government
>> can agree on being ultra-conservative."
>>  Edgar Mendez
>>  Data Keyer
>> 
>>  "What's so bad about this? Could some Democrat explain it to me in
>> under an hour, without starting to scream or cry?"
>>  Sam Howell
>>  Credit Checker
>>   "The fact that 48 percent of Americans voted for a boring
>> placeholder like John Kerry is actually a really good sign for the Left. "
>>  Leo Watts
>>  Custom Tailor
>>  -----
>> 
>> Bush Promises To Unite Nation For Real This Time
>>  WASHINGTON, DC--A week after winning a narrow victory over Democratic
>> presidential nominee John Kerry, President Bush promised to "unite the
>> divided nation, but for real this time." "Just as I pledged in 2000, I
>> promise to bring the two halves of this nation together--only this time
>> I'm really gonna do it," Bush said Tuesday. "I'll work hard to put an end 
>> to partisan politics. Seriously, though. This term, I will." Bush then
>> requested the support of all Americans for his agenda of cutting taxes and 
>> extending America's presence in Iraq.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves  - -  google://"Daniel Reeves"
>> 
>> 
> Dave Morris
> University of Michigan EM PhD candidate, aka thecat Æ umich.edu, aka
KB8PWY
> home: 734-995-5525  office (2104 SPRL): 734-763-5357	fax: 734-763-5567
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>
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>
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