Tort reform. Aka lets stop lawyers from making stupid people rich!

[Epidemic]

If I were emperor:

House bill 5467
Epidemic law refome act.

reasonable recovery
1)Torte reform would limit personal recovery to medical and up to 1 million with inflation adjustments pain and suffering.

a) On top of that reasonable lawyers fees of about 100,000 per year of preparation.

b) Punitive damages can be levied above the original 1 million but the resulting proceeds are to be used for charity.

Economic protection section
2) On top of these penalties the CEO and anyone involved in the negligence will be fired depending on their involvement and their golden parachute can be deflated.

A) All decision makers who through gross negligent cause bodily injury to a human shall incure any or all of the following:

a) Be terminated from their postion.
b) Be terminate from their postion and future salary tapped.
c) Be terminated and have all net assets given to charity.
d) In extreme cases jail will be in order.

B) All decision makers who through Greed, knowingly fail to disclose known danger to their products and services, cause bodily injury to a human shall incure any or all of the following:

a) Be terminated from their postion.
b) Be terminate from their postion and future salary tapped.
c) Be terminated and have all net assets given to charity.
d) In extreme cases jail will be in order.

Knothead amendment modified by epidemic:

3) If you lose the jury then gets to decide if it was frivolous. if it was you pay for the defense legal fees.

a) Lawyers are subject to a maximum of 3 frivolous lawsuits every 6 years.
I) every 6 years one lawsuit is removed from the list.
II) exceeding this number will result in a 3 year jail sentence.
III) Following jail time the lawyer may be re-instated any further frivolity will result in mandetory death sentence

b) plaintiff is subject to a maximum of 2 frivolous lawsuits per 10 years.
I) every 10 years one lawsuit is removed from the list.
II) exceeding this number will result in a 5 year jail sentence.
III) further transgressions will result in capital punishment.




Now that is reasonable. You are payed for your loss. The lawyers still make a reasonable fee. And in some cases the company can be fined beyond recoverable damages but not to the benefit of one or a few individuals.


Come on opponents tell me where that is unfair. The guilty are still punished, the victims still get paid, but some restraint must be used before leveling charges.

Chime in before I submitt the final draft to my congresswoman. I am sure it needs refining a little.

Ad some pork if need be.

[Knothead]

WHA-HOOOOOO!!!

I LOVE IT!!

Hasn't got a chance of a snowball in hell, of course. Th' Go'mmint is run by lawyers, after all, but still...some pretty fine thought, there, Epi!



still, I can't help but wonder...

Hey, Epi, why not post it to your Congresswoman anyhow!

Couldn't hurt! I think

[Epidemic]

What with no modifications?

come on where is the pork.?

Would be neat if it could be refined enough and get a media giant to start pushing it.

Death penalty stuff asside. Me thinks that would be a bit rough.

[Knothead]

Originally posted by Epidemic
What with no modifications?

come on where is the pork.?

Okay, FINE!!!

Epidemic bill to define limitation of lawyer infestation on the American Public to include the following:

Section A): Breastfeeding of infants in public is hereby recognised and ratified.
Section B): Manufacture of toilet seats on A-1 ("Warthog") Military aircraft is hereby seded to Knothead Manufacturing Corp., Ltd.:
Section C): Any and all provisions not hereby ratified shall be considered "open territory" and thereby open for exploitation to the members of the Senate, The House of Representatives and their families. In other words, bend over, America!

Hey, Epi, How am I doing so far?

[aviax]

I would love to see this, but I'm almost sure no one can force a company to fire a guy...

...unless we could come up with some sort of license element to business. Such a license could then be suspended or revoked.

I do like the ideas here, though...

[Epidemic]

Actually I think you could force a company to firesomeone if there was a law stating that you could.

Perhaps an agreement business owners would have to sign or an agreement required to enter the business world with the following pledge.

Business agreement section Aviax amendment

4) I will not knowingly manufacture, sell, or deliver any product or service that is dangerous to human welfare with out:
A) Disclosure of all hazardous defects not obvious to a reasonable customer. (i.e. cruise control on a motor home does not drive itself down the highway)

I) All business owners must swear to this with full understanding of the legal ramifications including possible jail, loss of job, tapping of personal wealth and income.


House bill 5467 Revision 2
Epidemic law refome act.

reasonable recovery
1)Torte reform would limit personal recovery to medical and up to 1.8 million with annual inflation adjustments pain and suffering.
The 1.8 million dollar maximum limit should be adjusted annually to keep up with inflation. modified.

a) On top of that reasonable lawyers fees of about 100,000 per year of preparation.

b) Punitive damages can be levied above the original 1 million but the resulting proceeds are to be used for charity.

Economic protection section
2) On top of these penalties the CEO and anyone involved in the negligence will be fired depending on their involvement and their golden parachute can be deflated.

A) All decision makers who through gross negligent cause bodily injury to a human shall incure any or all of the following:

a) Be terminated from their postion.
b) Be terminate from their postion and future salary tapped.
c) Be terminated and have all net assets given to charity.
d) In extreme cases jail will be in order.

B) All decision makers who through Greed, knowingly fail to disclose known danger to their products and services, cause bodily injury to a human shall incure any or all of the following:

a) Be terminated from their postion.
b) Be terminate from their postion and future salary tapped.
c) Be terminated and have all net assets given to charity.
d) In extreme cases jail will be in order.

Knothead Greed amendment modified by epidemic:

3) If you lose the jury then gets to decide if it was frivolous. if it was you pay for the defense legal fees.

a) Lawyers are subject to a maximum of 3 frivolous lawsuits every 6 years.
I) every 6 years one lawsuit is removed from the list.
II) exceeding this number will result in a 3 year jail sentence.
III) Following jail time the lawyer may be re-instated any further frivolity will result in mandetory death sentence

b) plaintiff is subject to a maximum of 2 frivolous lawsuits per 10 years.
I) every 10 years one lawsuit is removed from the list.
II) exceeding this number will result in a 5 year jail sentence.
III) further transgressions will result in capital punishment.

Business agreement section Aviax amendment

4) I will not knowingly manufacture, sell, or deliver any product or service that is dangerous to human welfare with out:
A) Disclosure of all hazardous defects not obvious to a reasonable customer. (i.e. cruise control on a motor home does not drive itself down the highway)

I) All business owners must swear to this with full understanding of the legal ramifications including possible jail, loss of job, tapping of personal wealth and income.

[J-Excel]

Epidemic in 2004!!!

(insert sound of Hail To The Chief being played on a thousand kazoos)

[Epidemic]

We need a trial lawyer to chime in here and make some controversy.

I will be running on the liberpublican party.

[Theophylact]

The only "torte reform" I want is Linzer torte.

[Epidemic]

Ummmmmm,

Theo,

What is linzer torte. I can't find a definition for linzer.

Besides can't you come up with a good argument to debunk the validity of my post. I am interested in opposing views. I can't see how this would be an unfair piece of reforme.

Current system, hurts more than it helps. People are put out of work, prices are raised and the guilty parties never are held accountable unless the bottom line is affected more than their friendships on the board of directors.

This would force them to be honest and upfront about any dangers they find about a product which would be good for the consumer. I just can't see past the fact that you can't hurt companies. If you are successful in driving them out of business then you are not hurting the company you are hurting the employees and the stockholders and even the consumer.