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Bill: Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Super Socialist II Turbo Party
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: October 2093
Description[?]:
| There is a cap on montary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits. |
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: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:09:15, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Super Socialist II Turbo Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | To prevent outrageous settlements disrupting the public medical system , only reasonable damages should be awarded. |
| Date | 03:17:34, August 09, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | We completely support. Perhaps some elaboration on where the limit is set would be useful, however. |
| Date | 06:31:29, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | The problem with a cap is that it assumes things can only get so bad. Can we put a value on losing a limb due to medical incompetance? Or the life of a child? If a doctor comes to work drunk, and in doing so ends someone's life, exactly how much is that worth? We would only agree to caps if they were set sufficiently high as to allow for the representation of the most heinous medical mistakes possble. |
| Date | 22:44:42, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Super Socialist II Turbo Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | I agree caps should be set sufficiently high. An idea would be to Take the (Average surplus medical budget)/(average ammount of malpractice lawsuits per year)+(standard deviation)=(cap) , this ammount would most likely be larger than any lawsuit would award and prevent disruption of medical services to the public. |
| Date | 01:28:36, August 10, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | Surely the judiciary can be trusted to decide what constitutes reasonable damages. We see no need to impose a cap. |
| Date | 01:36:58, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | Until there is a solid policy regarding caps, not a vague equation, we cannot support this. |
| Date | 00:39:15, August 11, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | Why does the SSIITP vote against their own bill? |
| Date | 05:40:00, August 11, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits. |
| Message | Saw the light? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 31 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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