Consumer Law

Business Litigation vs. Malpractice Litigation–Let's Get Some Perspective

By Justinian Lane

Which is a greater tragedy: A child dying at the hands of an incompetent doctor, or a toy company ripping off the design of a doll from another toy company?  Brian Wilson discusses how out-of-whack our priorities are regarding ?reforming? the tort system:

I couldn't help but to juxtapose the latest Doll Wars legal skirmish against the latest push in Congress to limit malpractice victims' recovery to $250,000. So let's juxtapose, shall we? Never ending billion dollar lawsuits, and $270 million in attorneys fees dedicated to denigrating plastic dolls that carry neat little outfits and may or may not throw F bombs. Meanwhile, if a doctor mistakenly removes a woman's non-cancerous breast, or a hospital mistakenly overdoses a child and renders her comatose, either's lifetime of misery is liquidated to $250K. 

Source: The Nicodemo & Wilson Bull's-Eye Blog

Full post as published by TortDeform.com on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).