i'm with kat. 

--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> But ... but ... these sort of suits are a major
> factor in our  
> increasing medical bills.  I think there ought to be
> a low cap on the  
> awards given by juries.
> 
> Kat
> 
> On 5 Apr 2006, at 19:59, Linda Walker wrote:
> 
> I work for lawyers on these types of cases -
> personal injury civil  
> lawsuits. Without civil law average people would
> have no recourse  
> against government or business. Yes the attorneys
> who take them get a  
> percentage of the settlement. That percentage is set
> by statute on a  
> state by state basis,  always to my knowledge less
> than half. They  
> also front all the costs, experts, research, motions
> to dismiss,  
> discovery, motions to compel, and expertly prevail
> over a myriad of  
> legal problems no one thinks about. Their payday is
> often years away.  
> Most people would never have the resources to do
> this by the hour in  
> order to protect themselves and if the attorneys
> lose they take the  
> financial hit. If you think it is easy to fight big
> business when  
> they damage people, you might want to think again.
> Civil attorneys  
> have always been heroes of mine, they brought us
> equal rights, civil  
> rights, disability law and have fought to put into
> law just about  
> every other progressive idea on the planet.
> 
> 
> >
> > It will ALL GO  to the lawyers I
> assume............
> 
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