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5 Sep 2008, 12:06 pm
They don't want or expect the rare "windfall verdicts" that tortdeform advocates seize upon and sensationalize so they can keep helping corporations evade responsibility. [read post]
29 May 2009, 7:04 am
See: Waiting Room Death Case Settles at TortDeform, Some justice for Esmin Green at last at Islandista, and City Settles For $2 Million In Death Of Neglected Patient at the Gothamist.In the Bronx, one cop shot to death another. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 2:04 am
DEBATE NOTES, PART ONE: First question of the debate, and some concerns relevant to tortdeform are already up and running: What's the fastest, most positive solution to this economic crisis that will serve as a bailout for ordinary people? [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 9:16 am
See Also: * More Docs Messin w/ Texas ¦ While Texas Messes with Patient-Plaintiffs (TortDeform) (Eric Turkewitz is a personal injury attorney in New York) Labels: tort reform [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 2:02 am
" In fact, the blog TortDeform has a gallery of what they term the "hypocrites of tort reform. [read post]
14 Jun 2007, 2:38 pm
Over the past few days we've read entertaining play-by-plays (see here , here, and here) of court antics in the drama-filled, utterly ridiculous trouser-trauma lawsuit between former administrative law judge, Roy Pearson, and the Chung family, owners of a D.C. dry cleaning business. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 6:33 am
;And Stephanie Mencimer at The Tortellini points out that of all those docs heading into Texas, none seem to be going to the poor counties, just the rich ones already stocked with docs, with more on the subject from Perlmutter & Schuelke;Kia Franklin at TortDeform has a piece on the White Coat of Silence, with medical practitioners at health care giant Kaiser Permanente being punished for reporting negligence concerns over their colleagues;Anne Reed tackles the subject of ferreting… [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 6:33 am
;And Stephanie Mencimer at The Tortellini points out that of all those docs heading into Texas, none seem to be going to the poor counties, just the rich ones already stocked with docs, with more on the subject from Perlmutter & Schuelke;Kia Franklin at TortDeform has a piece on the White Coat of Silence, with medical practitioners at health care giant Kaiser Permanente being punished for reporting negligence concerns over their colleagues;Anne Reed tackles the subject of ferreting… [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 12:34 pm
One answer: this is tortdeform at work, in action, right now. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 3:51 am
Justinian Lane of TortDeform points out a story where the military is refusing to do a risk assessment of toxic fumes near 100 military family homes. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 10:17 am
" From TortDeform: Well, hopefully this time around Scalia, Roberts, and their cohort will channel this frustration into a decision that protects employees against discrimination, rather than shields employers from legal liability for discriminating. [read post]
5 Jun 2008, 5:17 pm
Justinian Lane at TortDeform thinks so; He also debates Ted Frank regarding an amicus brief Frank submitted in Wyeth;A major insurance company has apparently been reading 1984, as they reportedly changed the titles of Claims Reps to Counselors (Shigley);More on how medical apologies work at Overlawyered. [read post]
20 May 2009, 11:25 am
I want to highlight part four because it deals with an issue that has been the subject of so many posts and debates on TortDeform. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 2:32 pm
Tort "reform" issues usually find a place at the beginning of these round-ups, so we turn to Michael Townes Watson at TortDeform to discuss the detrimental effects of medical malpractice caps in Texas;In the world of drug lawsuits, the issue of federal preemption comes up as defendants try to gain immunity for their pharma clients by claiming federal law trumps state law, and that FDA approval grants immunity to their clients. [read post]
29 May 2007, 3:56 pm
See also frm this blog, Medical Malpractice - Vetting the Case and Medical Malpractice Economics)(hat tip to Sui Generis)Addendum, 5/30/07: Why Health Courts Are Unconstitutional (Center for Justice and Democracy); Health Courts: Bad for Patients and Unconstitutional (Center for Justice and Democracy, via TortDeform) [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 9:55 pm
Or perhaps it's because it's more convenient for tortdeformers to say "those darn trial lawyers" oppose tort "reform," than to admit that ordinary citizens and their safety/security are the real stakeholders in the battle. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 12:23 am
Tortdeform contributor Eric Turkewitz has a nice op-ed about medical malpractice in a New York paper. [read post]
13 Sep 2006, 6:36 am
That would be the new TortDeform weblog, published by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 3:59 am
They just might not be the ones you want.See also:More Docs Messin' w/ Texas ...While Texas Messes with Patient-Plaintiffs (TortDeform)Well What Do You Know - Tort Reform Works (AnkleBitingPundits)Medical Malpractice Caps Work (Health Care BS)Texas: A Study in Tort Reform (Below the Beltway)How About that Tort Reform (Off the Kuff)Medical Malpractice: More Docs in Texas (Perlmutter & Schuelke)After Texas Caps Malpractice, Docs Move In (WSJ Health Blog)(Eric Turkewitz is a… [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 4:00 am
, and the problem of state laxity of control (OK, maybe not-so-fun) in Carnival Safety in Arizona;From testicles and carnivals and into the courtroom: Charles Silver at TortDeform does an analysis of the "haircuts" that jury verdicts often receive after you have read about that big verdict in the papers; And there is a response to Professor Silver from Ted Frank at Point of Law on the subject;Sticking with verdicts, John Day at Day on Torts has a summary of one state's jury… [read post]
