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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

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date21:06:54, August 06, 2005 CET
FromSocial Conservatives.
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageThis 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.

Date21:13:59, August 06, 2005 CET
FromConservative Party of Telamon
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageI 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. =)

Date01:56:45, August 07, 2005 CET
FromProgressive Marxist Party
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageEch... 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.

Date02:20:54, August 07, 2005 CET
FromSocial Conservatives.
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageUsually that is covered under insurance by the plantiff, if there company will not pay for their leave.

Date22:00:00, August 07, 2005 CET
FromTheological Technocratic Party
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageSo 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.

Date12:03:42, August 08, 2005 CET
FromProgressive Marxist Party
ToDebating the Tort Reform On Non-Civil Suits
MessageAppendix? 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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