2007-09-25 04:38:57 · 8 answers · asked by gerafalop 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In short, allow a cynic to expound:
"Follow the money".
Where there is monetary vestment, there are going to be those who will subvert ANY real reform.
2007-09-25 08:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Ironhand 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People like Santorum found they like to file frivolous lawsuits like everyone else. And there are cases where people have passed tort reform, get maimed by a corporation negligence and deceit, then find they can't sue due to their own legislation.
Those kinds of things have been killing tort reform.
2007-09-25 12:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The trial lawyers are a powerful lobby, and with the Democrats running Congress I don't see any way they would introduce a bill that reigning in a large group of their
contributors.
2007-09-25 11:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What a ridiculous idea. I defy anyone to show me stats or figures of any kind that show how million-dollar settlements do any real, tangible damage to the majority of Americans.
A company puts out a pill that causes kidney failure and loses 30 million in a lawsuit because they knew about it beforehand and did nothing, yet somehow politicians have many people thinking that the COMPANY is getting screwed???? RIDICULOUS! Where's the accountability in that?
It's a load of crap and a non-issue.
2007-09-25 16:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by BOOM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Lawyer lobby is the most powerful group in the country. Congress is all lawyers.
2007-09-25 11:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Stereotypemebecauseyouknow 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The democrats and their major funders the Trial Lawyers associations made sure it never came about.
2007-09-25 14:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Breck Girl is fighting it tooth and nail. Shaking down the wealthy with the assistance of the judicial system is how he made his fortune.
2007-09-25 12:16:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your favorite insurance lobbyist is still pushing it in congress and in all the states.
2007-09-25 11:44:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋