Friday, June 23, 2006

How to Liven Up the "Tort Reform" Discussion

Bored with the meticulous logic and close empirical analysis so prevalent in debates over "tort reform"? An editorial from The Oklahoman offers a solution so breathtakingly simple, we're surprised nobody has thought of it before:
"To grasp the importance of lawsuit reform, sometimes it’s useful to start with an anecdote and move to a conclusion."

posted by pn at 5:48 PM  

2 Comments:

Anonymous writes ...

That is the silliest editorial I have read in a long time.

6:54 PM  
Anonymous writes ...

shoot, we dun got cut off at the pass by them librals. Now how's a lawnmower manufacturer s'post to figure on all them blades and such being dangerous?

9:03 PM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.