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Other Side of Tort Reform: Alabama Woman Hurt By Award Cap

Southeast News • August 29, 2006
Swollen and limp, Trudy Roy's left arm hangs dead at her side. With its nerves shredded beyond repair, the limb is little but a source of pain for the 68-year-old former librarian, a constant ...

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Subject: Consider this

Posted On: August 30, 2006, 6:03 pm CDT
Posted By: gk
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Another tactic to consider is not to limit awards to the plaintiff, but to limit fees to attorneys. Instead of an absolute cap, we could have a cap on the amount on which a contingency fee could be assessed. For example, if a plaintiff is awarded two million, the plaintiff's attorney could be limited to assessing his 40 % on only the first one hundred thousand. This might properly indemnify the plaintiff while still discouraging frivolous lawsuits and lawsuits designed just to create obscene fees for attorneys.(I am not implying that all attorney fees are obscene. Attorneys need to be compensated well for their efforts. There just needs to be some policing here.)
There could also be a combination of these two.
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RE: Consider this stat guy
Sep 6, 2006, 6:33 am
RE: What if it was you? stat guy
Sep 6, 2006, 6:26 am
RE: RE: What if it was you? Sara
Sep 5, 2006, 11:17 am
RE: What if it was you? jeff
Aug 31, 2006, 2:50 pm
thanks
Aug 31, 2006, 1:50 pm
check your headline, please
Aug 31, 2006, 10:23 am
Consider this gk
Aug 30, 2006, 6:03 pm
small town demonstrates small mentality again;small mind. golden
Aug 30, 2006, 5:36 pm
What if it was you? Richard M. Shapiro
Aug 30, 2006, 5:20 pm
common sense makes sense Ray K
Aug 30, 2006, 2:27 pm
RE: Liability Caps Monica Soltes
Aug 30, 2006, 2:17 pm
Wouldn't it be simple... Common Sense
Aug 30, 2006, 1:38 pm
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