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Bill: Malpractice Compensation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ogden Sinclair Party
Status[?]: passed
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: March 2140
Description[?]:
| To only allow compensation to pay for medical and legal fees and lost income |
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 | 14:43:34, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Ogden Sinclair Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | This would of course include past fees leading to the incident and fees needed for future medical care being paid for. |
| Date | 15:56:49, November 11, 2005 CET | From |  Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | The NLP agrees. Any money awarded to the plaintiff should be compensational, not punitive. However, we request several changes to the current proposal. Compensation should cover all costs that can be proven by the plaintiff to have directly resulted from the incident, including income lost as a result of medical leave. Medical expenses arising from the incident and other easily transferable costs should simply be billed to the defendant, with the court only determining more subjective costs, like lost income. |
| Date | 00:15:32, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Ogden Sinclair Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | Agreed! OOC: Thats twice in one day, you've curupted me NLP! |
| Date | 00:18:23, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Ogden Sinclair Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | On your last point though, surely if a sum is not set we will have doctors wasting countless hours of court time appealling unexpected bills. |
| Date | 03:05:55, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | The court will still decide which particular treatments for which the plaintiff can bill the defendant. Should any further complications arise, a separate case will have to be held. Thus, no bills should be unexpected (: |
| Date | 08:28:23, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Ogden Sinclair Party | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | Again I agree. |
| Date | 14:47:50, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Malpractice Compensation Bill |
| Message | OOC: You know I was hoping you might edit the bill description to reflect what I wrote :/ |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 154 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 64 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 32 |
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