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To: OXENinFLA

I think a lot of the uninformed people who cry for "tort reform" don't realize that there are already protections like this one that are built into the law to discourage unreasonable claims/demands, etc.


16 posted on 02/21/2005 12:06:34 PM PST by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
I think a lot of the uninformed people who cry for "tort reform" don't realize that there are already protections like this one that are built into the law to discourage unreasonable claims/demands, etc.

Well, somehow these protection haven't stopped me from being notified of my status as a class action plaintiff in a case which I have never heard of, from which I stand to gain only a token benefit, but which promises to net the crusading plaintiff's attorneys a fat multi-million dollar payday. In at least seven different case over the years, I might add.

And BTW, the so-called existing protections to which you refer are all too often left to a judge's discretion, which means that they have virtually no real deterrent effect on whether a bad case is likely to be brought in the first place (as this article demonstrates.)

31 posted on 02/21/2005 12:13:19 PM PST by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh

Unfortunatly most judges are not aware of these protections either.


39 posted on 02/21/2005 12:21:58 PM PST by Sinner6
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