The Tort “Reformers” Have No Clothes
Today, I continue to focus on the fallacy of the tort “reform” movement. Because as Eric Turkewitz reaffirms in today’s New York Personal Injury Law Blog, and as I have argued, tort “reform” does not save lives–reforming careless medical practices will. And so, the “reformers” prattle on about legislation to cap awards and prevent access to [...]
How Are The Special Interests Treating Us This Morning?
From WNYC News, we have the latest on the fight over medical malpractice caps in Albany. Assemblyman Richard Gottfried is allied with patient safety, but does not sound confident about the result of the coming budget negotiations. From Missouri, we get another reminder of the failure by tort “reformers” to focus on the source of [...]
Update On Affront To Victims of Medical Negligence
The Big Boys of the print media are catching on to the injustice that may result if proposed anti-consumer legislation is passed in Albany. First, the usually conservative Forbes Magazine gives a begrudging nod to a powerful, yet sober post from Eric Turkewitz, author of the New York Personal Injury Law Blog. The Forbes post [...]