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Bill: Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Conservatives.
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2092
Description[?]:
Governments Current Policy: There is no cap on monetary damages rewarded to patients in lawsuits. Proposed Policy: Lawsuits may only provide to cover medical and legal expenses. This bill would greatly reduce the cost of insurance for the private citizen. To restrict frivilous lawsuits would be a great step in reducing insurance for the common man, and that should be our goal. This bill provides that a plantiff may only sue for the cost up to the cost of their medical and legal expenses they experienced. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Proposed: Lawsuits may only provide money for medical and legal expenses.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:06:54, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Social Conservatives. | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | This bill is needed, and it is needed now. Insurance is high, and citizens are being crushed by those high costs. I urge all members to support this bill. |
Date | 21:13:59, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | I agree, why should people gain money, over a careless mistake, of which otherwise was a perfect run. Although i think the companies, should give out a present to a person as a gesture of good will. =) |
Date | 01:56:45, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Marxist Party | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | Ech... And I was hoping conservatives would decline. Listen, beyond medical and legal expenses there are others. Lost wages, psychological damage etc... I will not support this bill. |
Date | 02:20:54, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Social Conservatives. | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | Usually that is covered under insurance by the plantiff, if there company will not pay for their leave. |
Date | 22:00:00, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Theological Technocratic Party | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | So if a doctor accidentally removes a patient's leg instead of their appendix, they're only entitled to recuperate medical and legal expenses? If the money they get in remuneration for, you know, losing an entire leg is paid for in their insurance, isn't this just shifting the burden of repayment between insurance companies? I agree that something needs to be done to combat the staggering costs of such lawsuits. But I don't quite think this is the way to go about it. |
Date | 12:03:42, August 08, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Marxist Party | To | Debating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits |
Message | Appendix? I thought you said leg!!! Yes, why don't we just do a ban on absurd lawsuits like Congress did with the McDonalds liability claims? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 100 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 149 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 6 |
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