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In a Letter to the Editor published in today's Sunday Times-Tribune, NEPATLA Past President David I. Fallk warns against congressional attempts to use the COVID-19 crisis to grant corporations immunity against being held accountable in court.
Letters to the Editor 5/17/2020
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No blanket immunity Editor: Immunity is highly desirable as it pertains to disease, but it’s highly dangerous when it comes to justice for those who are harmed by others. In business terms, immunity...“Sen. McConnell has been hostile to the civil justice system for as long as he’s been in the Senate. So he’s got a collateral agenda to try to undermine the civil justice system, and if he can do it, in the atmosphere of the COVID-19 crisis, he will.” - Attorney Shanin Specter, son of the late U.S. Senator Arlen Specter
Democrats, tort lawyers pan McConnell’s liability immunity idea - Roll Call
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Sen. Mitch McConnell's proposal to overhaul tort law amid the COVID-19 serves a long-time GOP goal - and was panned by Democrats.Preventable medical errors are now the third-leading cause of death in America behind heart disease and cancer. But statistics show little is being done to make patients safer, and insurance companies continue to attack the rights of malpractice victims to sue.
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In an editorial published Feb. 24, The Times-Tribune correctly identified patient safety as a prime objective of medical practice. Although the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates cautioned “First, ...