Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Deuce
From : Frank Reid
Date : Sat Sep 17 2005 10:21 pm

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Deuce to Finnigann on Sat Sep 17 2005 20:07:00

 > In that case, the guy would end up with $155mil for his lost finger (or
 > whatever) not because HE desereved it for what he went through, but because 
 > deserved to pay it for putting him through it.

I would agree, in principle, if those punitive awards were:

a) Not distributed primarily to lawyers, and

b) Not immediately factored back into operating costs and levied against the
consumer.

With these astronomical punitive awards, we are only increasing the costs of
products to the consumer.  This is particularly true with medical care -- it's
not like we can boycott health services!

We need caps on these damages, and the entire cost of business will go down. 
It shouldn't cost $5 for a Band-Aid in the emergency room!

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