Posted On: May 27, 2005, 3:01 pm CDT

Posted By: Chris Russell

In response to Aantibathos, as a Plaintiff's attorney I agree with your statement. I welcome the opportunity to hold the insurance industry accountable for their delays and "frivilous defenses" to claims which in my experience exceed "frivilous lawsuits" by a factor of 10 to 1. Conversly, if an attorney knowingly files a frivilous claim or lawsuit and it is determined to be so, then the attorney should face significant economic consequences as well (suspension of right to practice etc). Unfortunately, such a change will not come to pass because the insurance industry, as a whole, tremendously enjoys the current system. For all the railing about how much money the trial bar spends to influence legislation, the 800 pound gorilla of the economic pie is the insurance industry which can outspend trial attorneys 100 to 1.