Who Really Gets Burned With Tort Reform?

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3. If they want to limit payouts they need to lobby for universal single payer health insurance

because that is the one thing that will limit the payouts in most liability cases. Pain and suffering awards will be negligible compared to the lifetime of expensive care needed for severe damage to someone's health.

I live in Liebeck's town. Her injuries were horrific and that McDonald's had numerous complaints. However, the appeals court worked the way it was supposed to and the jury's award was deemed excessive. Mrs. Liebeck got payment for her medical care, what she had originally asked for, not anything extra.

Most high profile multimillion dollar damage awards are reduced on appeal, that's the way the system works. All "tort deform" does is abolish the right of the people to appeal to the government for redress of grievances, which is what the civil courts really are.

It's just another attack on the Bill of Rights by the party of the rich and powerful.