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Tillinghast Tort System Cost Study Under Fire
National News • January 18, 2005
National consumer groups are criticizing a leading consulting firm's annual study of U.S. tort system costs, claiming the report "has nothing to do with the costs of litigation, courts or the ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| Tort Reform | Gene D. Barker | Feb 3, 2005, 10:46 am |
| RE: RE: a matter of opinion? | LLCJ | Jan 24, 2005, 4:58 pm |
| RE: a matter of opinion? | Jay Davis | Jan 20, 2005, 8:43 am |
| a matter of opinion? | matt | Jan 18, 2005, 4:26 pm |
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Subject: a matter of opinion?
Is it fair to say that cases settled out of court are not a cost generated by the opinion of experts who know what an adjucated decision would be and have weighed the option of the loss in court vs. a settlement? This should be factored as a cost.
Is it fair to say that carrier administrative costs, in producing documents, in manhours, in the innumerable details and desk proceedures that carriers use in their daily habits to cover themselves, in case they get sued?
If anything Tillinghast has probably missed a few things.
My granddaddy once told me that a critic is someone who hasn't got the intellegency to produce something of their own.
-Matt