Tort Reform - Correct the Disease Not the Symptom
Read my take on tort reform at the link below. The conclusion of my essay is:
This is not exactly brain surgery. I believe most people dislike “out-of-whack” judgments such as the infamous McDonalds Coffee Case. I also believe most people dislike the unfairness of damages that are too low and fail to fully compensate an injured person.
My approach is to fix the problem, not to subjectively cap the result of the problem (i.e. the damage award). Install professional juries, disallow elected judges and make aspiring attorneys go through more “on the job” training. At the end of the day, I desire fairness. I believe fairness can be achieved not through artificial decisions on damages made by politicians, but by putting qualified people in place to hear facts and decide a case in a court of law.
https://medium.com/@james\_neeld/tort-reform-correct-the-disease-not-the-symptom-65a14a5fb022
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