actually your point is well taken kendall. then again
some of these lawyers go jury shopping. they know the
exact place that they can get juries that will usually
go after a big company only becouse it is "deep
pockets" you see the class action type suites filed in
great numbers in certain counties in mississippi. it
is very remarkable. if any profession should be
regulated it should be that of practicing law. 

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kat and Ken,
> 
> OK, now I'm going to argue the other side, just for
> fun!
> 
> By placing a cap of say, $250,000 on damages, it
> makes it very difficult
> for people who have been victims of malpractice
> affecting a minor, or
> even some people with disabilities.  This happens
> because monetary
> damages are usually based on lost earning potential,
> and it's difficult
> to judge what a child's earning potential is.  If a
> kid gets hurt at
> sixteen through medical negligence, who knows if he
> would have ended up
> flipping burgers at McDonald's or if he would have
> become a
> neurosurgeon?
> 
> By the same token Kat, before you and I became
> established in our
> careers, if someone had attempted to guess our
> earning potential, that
> figure would probably have been quite low.
> 
> Kendall
> 
> "Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the
> good of its victims
> may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live
> under robber barons
> than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. The robber
> baron's cruelty may
> sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be
> satiated; but those
> who torment us for our own good will torment us
> without end, for they do
> so with the approval of their own conscience."
> C.S. Lewis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Breaking News - Heart attack victim
> wins $4.5 million in
> case against Vioxx-maker Merck
> 
> 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
> > 
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