Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Aug 17 06:52:06 2004
Devil's in the details ...
art
At Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Larry Glazerman wrote:
>
>Joe, with all due respect, my suggestions about a “no fault” system (which
>sort of started this thread), didn’t necessarily mean to apply exactly to
>the no-fault auto situation, but, in a general sense, setting up a system
>where funds were available to compensate injured parties (even those with a
>bad outcome that was NOT the result of negligence, such as brain-damaged
>babies), without having to prove negligence, fault, responsibility, etc.
>
>I can’t help but believe that this would save tons of money, and make
>everyone but the trial lawyers happier. I’m also not naïve enough to think
>it has a snowball’s chance in hell of really happening :-)
>
>Larry R. Glazerman, MD
>Ob-Gyn at Trexlertown, PC
>610-402-0161
>l.glazerman@rcn.com
>
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>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
>DoctorJoe@aol.com
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:05 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT
>
>In a message dated 8/16/04 11:22:11, dean@thehuffpeople.net writes:
>
>If a "NO FAULT" model were to be established, then perhaps the money to run
>the
>system should come from a "tax" on medical receipts, perhaps 5%, perhaps
>more
>or less.
>
>Just remember what "no-fault" actually means. If you had "no-fault" medical
>malpractice insurance, the patient's insurance company would pay the guy's
>damages? It's not quite the same scenario.
>
>Joe P.
>
>"no-fault
>
>1: of, relating to, or being a motor vehicle insurance plan under which
>someone injured in an accident is compensated usu. up to a stipulated limit
>for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost
>wages) by that person's own insurer regardless of who is responsible for the
>accident and is prohibited from or limited in his or her right to sue the
>responsible party"
--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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