Bush's Opening Salvo on Tort Reform

"President Bush opens one of his first legislative campaigns today
with a push for limits on non-objective "pain and suffering" awards
in medical malpractice cases. TIA Daily will keep you posted as more
specific tort-reform legislation makes its way through Congress."

-excerpt from TIA Daily by Robert Tracinski:

http://tinyurl.com/6lckm

"Bush Launches Battle to Limit Malpractice Awards," Steve Holland,
Reuters via Yahoo, January 5

"Bush will start the effort on Wednesday with his first big speech
of the new year on a trip to Madison County, Illinois, which the
White House called a magnet for so-called 'junk' lawsuits.

Spokesman Scott McClellan said the county was 'the single best place
in the country for trial lawyers to sue.'

Bush would limit damages awarded by a jury for pain and suffering in
malpractice lawsuits to $250,000. His plan would still allow
unlimited damages to cover economic losses. His idea is to change a
system that he says allows lawyers to hit the jackpot with big-
dollar awards."
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