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Bill: Tort Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Drake 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: May 2226
Description[?]:
| This bill would cap the amount of lawsuits to actual damages. There is no reason that an injured party should profit beyond the financial costs they incurred simply because the lost was caused by a richer party. Therefore damages would be limited to medical and legal expenses |
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 no 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 | 02:39:29, May 07, 2006 CET | From | Gecko Party | To | Debating the Tort Reform Bill |
| Message | And what would be the percent the victim was given back of the original damage? Let's get specifics. Although we wish for further information, the Gecko Party supports this bill. |
| Date | 02:44:59, May 07, 2006 CET | From | Pan-Sekowan Conservative Union | To | Debating the Tort Reform Bill |
| Message | The WCCP would like to have further information as well before we come to a decsion on this matter. Amy Zhongda, 1st Chair, Wei Christian Conservative Party |
| Date | 07:54:28, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Tort Reform Bill |
| Message | I'll be voting against this. Tort reform is a good way to let the incompetent off easy. Maybe not a bad idea for garbagemen, but for people who make life-or-death decisions, like doctors and long-haul truckers, this is an inane idea. Dr. Alvin C. Dulles, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Panel of the Socialist Liberal Party |
| Date | 21:15:59, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Sekowan Freedom Party | To | Debating the Tort Reform Bill |
| Message | "And what would be the percent the victim was given back of the original damage? Let's get specifics." - You can't ask that to be written into law. Judges and/or juries should be responsible for deciding how responsible parties are for damages in cases, and how much of the contested money they should pay. Now on whether to reward punitive damages...we are against. [that means we are for this bill] |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 384 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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