In article , "Eric Miller"
writes:


We definitely need some kind of tort reform.
Americans have a lottery mentality regarding civil suits, both as plaintiffs
and jurors... and the jackpots keep getting bigger and bigger.

I quite literally has become a legal lottery. File enough lawsuits against
enough companies and you will eventually hit a winner. The costs of filing are
next to nothing so there is no incentive to not go for it.

I still think the loser of a lawsuit should pay all court and legal costs,
though I understand the downside of that too (from a recent post here).

I agree completely. The loser and their lawyers should have to pay the court
costs and the costs for the opposition attorney and other expenses.

At a bare minimum, plaintiffs should only be able to sue for actual damages.
If punitive damages must be awarded, do something useful with them. Apply
them to safety reform, quality assurance... or just pay down the national
debt.

The lawyers will NEVER allow that idea to grow. They stand to make too much
off the current system to allow any major changes. We are trying to put a cap
on non-economic damages in lawsuits here in Texas right now and you should see
how much money the lawyers are pouring into defeating it.

As a last resort, BURN the money... whatever it takes to keep it out of the
hands of the lawyers and plaintffs.
Suits are for redressing wrongs, not a reward for either lack or personal
responsiblity or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Eric "I'm too young to be this old"

Agree.



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