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To: Bid Buster who wrote (21776)	1/16/2003 12:50:24 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 57110

millions of $$$$ in awards for "pain and suffering" spend 12 years plus studying and make... what $100,000.00 ? not to forget what happens to medical insurance premiums... bad docs is a problem. but giving carte blanche to trail lawyers to rape "deep pocket" insurance companies (who in turn rape the general public and charge unreasonable premiums), not to mention nick pick on doc's bill eliminating this and that charges.... IS NOT the solution besides... I do not see why limiting awards would allow bad docs to ro-open for business... 2 different things. the porks would cease feeding on the system which costs us all, that's the point not to forget... half a mill for spilling hot coffee in one's OWN lap ? wooooo really "reasonable" I say screw the trial lawyers worse... no docs is worse than bad docs... ah who cares.... who is John Galt ? ____________________ bye bye 56 MSFT

To: Bid Buster who wrote (21776)	1/16/2003 1:10:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

I've got to agree with X Y here. Making trial lawyers rich doesn't increase your chance of surviving a heart attack. It just makes a lawyer rich. Considering some of the cases that have been brought and judgements that have been won by specious arguments and skill in misleading a jury and making it cry, we might be better off making trial lawyers extinct rather than doctors. Hitting a cardiologist and a hospital with a $100,000,000 judgement isn't likely to increase your chance of surviving a heart attack if you end up there; in fact, it would probably decrease it since all available funds would go to pay the judgement (and the defendant's lawyer's fees) rather than into new and better equipment. If you want better doctors, push for better and more independent medical oversight systems and better training, not larger court judgements. As X Y said, they spend at least 17 years in school and training and end up these days making $100,000 to $200,000 a year these days. And it's an area where you might want to attract the best you can get. Your life may depend on it.