My _grandchildren_? How about me. If I could earn a decent living driving
rivets, I would never have went to law school. Think about it.

Just as outlawing abortion will hapen when Republican legislators no longer
have teenage daughters, effective tort reform will happen when Republican
administrations and legislators can do without highly motivated attorneys-the
kind who play for blood more than money.

If your Stanley ****ed me off collecting from him would be my last worry.
Making him incapable of pursuing his chosen avenue of business in a profitable
fashion is the goal. Make one or two defendants miserable enough and the louder
they squawk...the more future defendants and their insurors will take you
seriously. In the tort business, going to trial means in effect you've already
lost the case in question. It's about settling, out of court, confidentially
and quickly. You have to "make your bones", and the full house hand is the
news coverage of the defendant who goes from CEO to burger flipper or who takes
a Smith and Wesson retirement. Sad, I suppose...but so are the companies who
sell split rim truck wheels, or for that matter, light twins that won't climb
out at full legal gross from Denver to people (with families) they know are not
Chuck Yeager. Are we any worse?