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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:
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> 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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