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   From: griffen78@N0SPAM.C0M   
      
   On 15 Jan 2005 14:54:30 -0800, vuaghmontgomery@hotmail.com wrote:   
      
   >Why doesn't the media (I think because they are on the take with our   
   >money like Armstrong Williams) these so called "junk lawsuits" are   
   >proliferating all over. Juries, he wailed, are handing out such massive   
   >judgments to patients who sue that entire hospitals, groups of doctors,   
   >and other medical businesses are shutting down.   
   >   
   >Problem is, it factually wrong. The watchdog group, Public Citizen,   
   >found that of the 720 cases that George Bush who lied about WMD and was   
   >un-elected in 2000 cited, only 14 resulted in jury verdicts. And only   
   >seven of those verdicts sided with the patients. Excuse me, but seven   
   >verdicts in seven years is hardly a federal crisis. Most quacks, or   
   >doctors settle out of court with agreement of silence. Why do insurance   
   >companies allow this?   
   >   
   >Moreover, Bush's the re-unelected President proposed remedy is to cap   
   >pain-and-suffering damages at $250,000 per case. Yet, in the two   
   >counties cited by George as judicial hell holes, only one case - one!   
   >- Resulted in a jury award that exceeded this cap. Again, this is   
   >hardly a runaway system requiring federal intervention.   
   >   
   >   
   >Shalom,   
   >   
   >---Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. ®   
   >Distinguished Professor   
   >http://www.prof.faithweb.com   
   >BETTER DEAD THEN RED!   
   >W Is still not my pRESIDENT.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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