Posted On: May 25, 2006, 9:01 am CDT

Posted By: Hugh M. Robert

Maybe you should examine exactly what economic damages are before showing your ignorance. Economic damages can only be measured by actual damages, not projections. I.E. if you make $40K per year, an economist would be able to estimate how long you would be able to work, factor in inflation, minus your expenses of living and the remainder would be what your family would be expected to see as if you were alive--those are called economic damages. You cant do that for a child or woman who doesnt have a salary by being a stay at home mother. You obviously dont understand the legal system or have any compassion towards treating all humans equal as you feel the poor deserve nothing. There is nothing phony about compassion towards human beings. This isnt about robbing from people, it is for compensating for injuries, many of which are done knowingly or ignorantly which if you dont hold people responsible for their actions as we do in the criminal system, what is the motivation to prevent error and injury?