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To: steve harris who wrote (157345)	1/3/2003 1:16:52 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580503

Steve, so according to Helen Thomas, suing fast food chains for allegedly making you fat is "consumer protection." Not to mention extorting settlement money from companies through shareholder lawsuits. Or driving up the cost of malpractice insurance, thereby crippling private practice doctors. Or blaming McDonalds for opening a hot cup of coffee in your freakin' lap. No wonder I chose engineering over law. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I pursued the latter. Tenchusatsu

To: steve harris who wrote (157345)	1/3/2003 1:43:22 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1580503

All the surgeons in west virginia are on strike. I guess the Lawyers ate too much of the host.

To: steve harris who wrote (157345)	1/3/2003 4:40:29 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580503

Steve Re..Liberal's hate of Bush seems to be more important than what is right for this country. Steve, normally I agree partially or mostly with your posts. However, you and GW seem to have gone off the deep end on this. What this country needs is not less but more tort cases. Where, you say. What type of business or profession needs reform in this country more than the lawyers themselves. The lawyers, because they have exempted themselves from being sued for punitive damages, have not enjoyed the benefits we all have received. Every lawyer who brings in an expert witness who says in my opinion, and then later is proven wrong should be sued for damages, just as that doctor whose opinion, while it may have been right 99.9 percent of the time, may have been wrong in this instance; so too should that expert witness be liable, if he causes a murderer to be released, who happens to kill, contrary to his opinion. Same with the lawyer, who, under their joint and several laws, a company like GE can be sued if one of their motors in a lathe mains someone; should also be liable if one of their paid motormouths says the wrong thing. Same with frivolous lawsuits, vHowever I think Helen is wrong in this case as I would think $250,000 awards would be plenty to deter lawyers from filing them. We don't need bigger awards, we just need more of them filed where they will do the most good. So I say to GW the more the merrier, but don't forget to include the lawyers themselves in the benefits. Surely, it isn't only all of those hateful, mean doctors who need to be taught a lesson. GW, who claims to read the bible, should remember this saying. " Never do unto others you wouldn't do to yourself " should apply that maxim to the ones who could use it the most.