| tort reform
A political subject that comes up every national election.
Remember the lady who spilled hot coffee on her crotch and sued McDonalds for her injuries? That falls under "tort" in legal circles. Basically, she (well, her attorney) convinced a jury that McDonalds willfully neglected to inform the lady that the coffee was so hot it could burn her if spilled. And she won a judgement.
Tort reform is supposed to limit the kind of lawsuit and judgements of those suits. The concept is that prices increase everytime a company has to defend itself in a tort-related suit. So, someone does something stupid or negligent, everyone else pays for it.
But attorney love this because this is where the megabucks are.
Such is life in modern America. |