Settlements like this might seem high to people like you and me, but not to
companies, can they consider this as a lost, and still come out smelling
like roses?  Even if a insurance company was going to pay $4.5 million, I'm
sure they usually take in more than what they pay out.  

This is just a wild guess :) 

Thanks, 
Anthony 
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Kathleen Salkin
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Subject: Re: Breaking News - Heart attack victim wins $4.5 million in case
against Vioxx-maker Merck

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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