Medical “Justice,” or Just Us?
Have you heard about Medical Justice? Trusted.MD abhors it. It’s worth reading why. Ron Miller, at the Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog, sees it as a cash cow run by fear-mongering MDs looking to profit off their professional brethren’s insecurities. Ironically, the folks who run Medical Justice, like their spiritual cousins, the tort “reformers,” devote extraordinary [...]
Do Tort Reformers Want Smoke To Get In Your Eyes?
Philip Morris Int’l manufactures a poisonous product that kills its users–cigarettes. It makes scads of money doing it, and wants to continue doing it, without the bother of lawsuits or realistic warning labels, as I will discuss in a moment. But for now, it’s important to recognize Philip Morris for what it is: a leader, [...]
What Do Elvis Costello And Tort “Reform” Have In Common?
As I sat by the radio last night trying not to retch, Rita Houston, an otherwise competent DJ at the Bronx’s own WFUV-FM, interviewed Elvis Costello in a manner that I will politely call “overly respectful.” And it disturbed me, because he does not deserve to be treated like a king. Remember the pop tune [...]