Dan Walters: It's 15 years later, and another skirmish in Capitol tort wars looms

Sac Bee ^ | 8/16/02 | Dam Walters - Sac Bee Columnist

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In the closing hours of the 1987 state legislative session, lobbyists for major business and professional groups, insurance companies and personal injury attorneys put together what came to be known as the "napkin deal," so named for the Frank Fat's restaurant napkin on which its provisions were recorded.

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DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

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I don't have too much of a problem with people seeking recompense for material damages. The problem is the lawyers' fees, which if not brought under control by their own self-regulation ... will be forced into a table of "caps" with no perks, frills, extra victory bonuses, etc.

All the corporate officers now in the news for having a failure of ethical proportions, are only the bitter fruits of lawyers who did not do their duties honorably.