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Edwards: Limit Frivolous Lawsuits
Associated Press ^ | Sep 24 | JOAN LOWY

Posted on 09/24/2007 1:46:52 PM PDT by george76

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who made his fortune as a trial lawyer, says attorneys should have to show their medical malpractice cases have merit before filing them.

He also said attorneys with a history of frivolous suits should be barred from filing new cases.

Edwards' proposal is similar to "certificates of merit" laws that have been adopted in several states in recent years. Those laws usually require that an independent doctor assert the validity of a malpractice case before it is filed.

Speaking Monday at a health care forum hosted by Families USA and the Kaiser Foundation, Edwards also said that while reducing malpractice lawsuits, as many have advocated, is a good idea, it won't significantly affect health care costs.

"I do want to push back some on what I think is mostly insurance company-driven hysteria because I think the reality is that the cost associated with legal cases is well under 1 percent of our legal system,"

Edwards has received about $7 million, or one third of his total fundraising, from donors who identify themselves as attorneys or lawyers.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: breckgirl; chutzpah; democratparty; democrats; edwards; electionpresident; elections; johnedwards
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One can tell when he lies : his lips move.

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1 posted on 09/24/2007 1:46:53 PM PDT by george76
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This chick’s got some set of balls on her.


2 posted on 09/24/2007 1:47:52 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Scrappleface?


3 posted on 09/24/2007 1:47:57 PM PDT by oblomov
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Oh sure, now that he's made his money. ;)
4 posted on 09/24/2007 1:48:58 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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What a clueless fool.


5 posted on 09/24/2007 1:49:09 PM PDT by rottndog (Rum and Coke, please.)
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I remember Dan Quayle taking this on too.

With Edwards, the lawyers will wink and then laugh.

6 posted on 09/24/2007 1:49:31 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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Give him credit, he’s got his.


7 posted on 09/24/2007 1:49:50 PM PDT by Tarpon
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That’s like Rosie O’Donnell telling people to cut back on deserts.


8 posted on 09/24/2007 1:50:14 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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John Edwards is SUCH a trial lawyer, too bad he’s not going to win his party’s nomination.

Me to Edwards: Stop frivolous haricuts, woman!


9 posted on 09/24/2007 1:53:36 PM PDT by Baladas
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I had no idea he was a stand-up comedian.
10 posted on 09/24/2007 1:54:49 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.


11 posted on 09/24/2007 1:54:58 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: george76

The Silky Pony now wants to close the barn door...


12 posted on 09/24/2007 1:55:38 PM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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Isn’t this kind of like a klansman telling someone not to be racist ?


13 posted on 09/24/2007 2:10:54 PM PDT by Popman (Nothing + Time + Chance = The Universe ---------------------Bridge in Brooklyn for sale - Cheap)
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He does not want or intend to close the barn door. He may want to move it a few inches and give the impression that the door is almost closed. The animals will still move about in almost the same way. Some of the foulest animals may have to wiggle a little more, but they will still move in and out of the barn.


14 posted on 09/24/2007 2:15:58 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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Next he’ll promise to stop lawyers from advertising on TV, soliciting clients from courthouse records and chasing ambulances.


15 posted on 09/24/2007 2:17:01 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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This is kinda like the person who gets his house in the forest and then supports laws restricting any more building there so as to preserve the pristine environment.


16 posted on 09/24/2007 2:19:58 PM PDT by joebuck
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HA! HA! LOL! :)
17 posted on 09/24/2007 2:21:28 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
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Actually, now that he has personally had made all the shyster money he’s gonna make, he may be sincere about closing the door.

It’s like all the LibTards here in the Bay Area: now that they are in, they want to close off any chance for anyone else to be able to afford to live here.


18 posted on 09/24/2007 2:21:53 PM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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We see this all the time : NIMBY’s


19 posted on 09/24/2007 2:24:28 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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20 posted on 09/24/2007 2:25:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
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