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Re: Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform From: Joe (forcep@intercom.net) Sat Jul 31 15:44:50 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform" Previous message: Harrison Sheld: "Re: Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform" Maybe in reply to: RModugno@aol.com: "Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform" Harrison: you are certainly correct! Remember Clinton's middle class tax cuts.Its all fodder for the herd. Harrison Sheld wrote: > All these proposals are, in terms of our legal colleagues, moot. There > are not enough votes, no matter what the proposal to get through the > Democrat obstruction in the Senate. Given Kerry's record of > flip-flops, the half-life of that proposal isn't worth very much I am > afraid. > > RModugno@aol.com wrote: > >> I also did not want to discuss American politics, but I was >> surprised by the Kerry/Edwards proposals regarding medical >> malpractice tort reform, namely: A requirement that medical >> malpractice claims first go before a qualified medical specialist to >> determine whether a reasonable grievance exists. >> >> A requirement that states ensure the availability of non-binding >> mediation in all malpractice claims before cases proceed to trial. >> >> Support for sanctions against plaintiffs and lawyers who bring >> frivolous medical malpractice claims, including a "three strikes and >> you're out" provision preventing lawyers who file three frivolous >> cases from bringing another suit for 10 years. >> >> Opposing punitive damages -- unless intentional misconduct, gross >> negligence, or reckless indifference to life can be established. >> >> Eliminating special privileges that allow insurance companies to fix >> prices and collude in ways that increase medical malpractice >> premiums." Seem reasonable to me - maybe our discussion should >> center on these proposals? (My intent for my original post) Robert >> Modugno MD MBA FACOGMarietta, GAwww.novaobgyn.yourmd.com (By the >> way, I think Dubya would have handled the Waco Wackos the same way >> Janet Reno did!) >> > Next message: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform" Previous message: Harrison Sheld: "Re: Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform" Maybe in reply to: RModugno@aol.com: "Kerry/Edwards Tort Reform"

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