comes to lawsuits? like when they award millions for gross Negligence? and have the conservatives changed the laws in your state as far as tort reform is concerned? and do you think it is just another hypocracy?
2007-08-29 07:39:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
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2007-08-29 07:40:20 · update #1
do you think i should email this to the ACLU?
2007-08-29 07:49:28 · update #2
The issue of damages has several components -- actual damages (out-of-pocket costs) -- consequential damages (estimated costs of side-effects) -- and punitive damages (fines as punishment).
People rarely complain about actual damages, and not often about consequential damages -- both are based on actual formulas and equations that calculate specifically how much financial harm has been done.
Most tort reform focuses on punitive damages, which are independent of the harm done and designed to punish the company for doing something bad. It's in that area that many people have many different opinions.
2007-08-29 11:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First please don't say the death penalty issue is a conservative one. I am conservative but anti-death penalty.
Lawsuits for some things are ridiculous but the ones that are for gross negligence are awarded by juries and can be appealed, just like death penalty rulings.
Both parties are hypocritical on some issues, that's politics
2007-08-29 09:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Smiley 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋