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February 20, 2017
Title: Courthouse Doors Closed
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Tori Sommerman
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
If you have ever considered suing your home or business insurance
company, this is the segment to listen to! New guest, Tori Sommerman, has some
answers and suggestions for you.
NOTE: Please do not construe any information discussed in this segment
as legal advice. If you need assistance, please contact
Texas Watch.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why would a home or business owner feel the need to sue their insurance company?
Is the homeowner just greedy? Or is the insurance company oftentimes being
unfair?
Is it wrong for the insured to want a fair settlement for damage to their
property?
Do insurance companies often deny and delay the insured in hopes they will
simply “go away”? NOTE: This is how they make their money!
Listen as Tori Sommerman reveals another sneaky way insurance companies make
money off you!
Several Republicans have filed bills that would make it much more difficult for
property owners to file a claim when their property has been damaged. Are these
bills necessary?
Were organizations like Texans for Lawsuit Reform established by consumers and
activist groups looking out for little guy? Or, where they started by Big
Businesses for Big Businesses?
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September 17, 2013
Title: Elected Officials Can Lie – It’s Up To The Voter To Determine the Truth
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Part 1 of 4
Courts across the
nation have ruled, “Politicians have a 1st Amendment Right” which
includes the right to lie and it’s up the voter to figure it out.
Politicians promised that if Texans would just restrict their constitutional
right to a trial by jury that there would be more doctors laying hands on
patients. This has been proven to be a lie.
Texans were promised the moon and only to get the shaft.
Please listen in.
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Title: Texans Were Told Their Health Insurance Premiums Would Go Down
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Part 2 of 4
Wasn’t there a groundswell of
citizens that felt like there was a tsunami of lawsuits against businesses and
doctors? No! Big business insiders and Karl Rove started lawsuit reform groups
across the country.
Conservatives who are fighting for their First Amendment rights, for their
Second Amendment rights, and now for their Tenth Amendment rights (state’s
sovereignty) do not understand how they have surrendered their Seventh Amendment
Right to a trial by jury.
Texans were promised the moon only to get the shaft.
Please listen in.
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Title: More Doctors, More Access, Better Quality, and Lower Premiums…All Lies
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Part 3 of 4
Insurance premiums
have not come down since the passage of medical-malpractice tort reform.
A small handful of doctors are responsible for the majority of malpractice
payments. But do they receive sanctions or have their licenses revoked? Ales
Winslow answers, “NO.”
Texans ranks dead last in the area of ‘quality of health care’. Bad doctors have
protection. Injured patients or their family members have limited recourse.
Please listen in.
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Title: Quality of Health Care In Texas Ranks Dead Last
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Part 4 of 4
When addressing King
George with a list of grievances, our founding fathers were more upset with King
George usurping their right to a trial by jury than they were with the Tea Tax.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that generic drug manufacture have a shield
against liability. Does that make you feel safer? Will you child be harmed? Will
your loved one be harmed?
We, the voter, have given up our right to hold the wrongdoer accountable. God
had Moses address this issue in Exodus. We need to read the Old Testament.
Please listen in.
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May 2, 2013
Title: Rights and Obligations
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Richard Meadow
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Part 1 of 4
America is a land of
laws. Tort Reform should NOT give doctors, pharmaceutical
companies or medical devise manufacturers blanket immunity from liability. God
saw the greed in man’s heart and instructed Moses to implement laws to hold ‘wrong
doers’ accountable for their actions.
So, what about Tort Reform? Who should be responsible to repair damage caused to
patients, the patient and the tax payers? Should immunity apply to all products
and services?
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Title: Part 2 of 4
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Richard Meadow
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Guest Richard Meadow was once a
defender of the rich doctor. He swore allegiance to the insurance company and to
the FDA. Then something changed in him. What caused him to switch allegiance? He
now comforts and aids injured patients who are denied proper assistance. So,
what changed his mind?
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Title: Part 3 of 4
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Richard Meadow
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
In 2008, the US
Supreme Court made a ruling that has greatly impacted thousands and thousands of
patients, but not necessarily in a good way. The High Court gave
‘blanket immunity’ to medical device manufacturers. Has this been good for the
patient? Has it caused an increase in the quality of patient care?
Listen to this third segment to find out that happened.
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Title: Part 4 of 4
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Richard Meadow
with Lanier Law Firm (www.LanierLawFirm.com)
Does the FDA
actually test every drug and/or medical device before giving its “Stamp of
Approval”?
No.
So, who does the testing?
What are the “passing” guidelines and requirements?
If the FDA changes its current policy, patient safety and financial
responsibility will shift drastically. How will this affect the private citizen?
How will it affect you and all tax payers? Will patient safety improve? Will the
quality of health care be improved?
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October 25, 2011
Title: Smoke and Mirrors, Deceptions, Exaggerations and Maybe a Few bold Face Lies
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Andy Cochran
with The 7th Amendment Advocate (www.7thAmendmentAdvocate.org)
Texans were promised that if
they capped noneconomic damages in medical malpractice awards, they would see a
reduction in their health insurance costs and that overall healthcare costs in
Texas would come down. Did these miracle reductions happen? Plan and simple: NO.
The Dallas Morning News recently reported that family and single health
insurance premiums rose by 51 and 45 percent, respectively, roughly equal to the
increase nationwide. But the injured patient basically lost their ability to
hold the wrong doer responsible.
Side note: Karl Rove has been pushing tort reform for over thirty years. No
wonder big business funds his activities and his candidates with piles and piles
of money.
Great interview, listen in.
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October 14, 2011
Title: Why is Big Business Pushing, Backing and Financing Tort Reform Throughout America?
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Steve Waldman
with Steve Waldman (www.waldmanfirm.com)
What are the three
reasons big business is pushing, backing and financing the Tort Reform Movement
in America?
No one wants to be sued. But if you are hurt in an auto accident, you buy a
product and you are harmed, should the wrong doer be held accountable?
Steve Waldman even discusses what the Bible says about holding the wrong doer
accountable.
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Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Steve Waldman
with Steve Waldman (www.waldmanfirm.com)
Big business is in
the process of buying a shield of protection from being held liable for their
wrong doing.
God saw the greed in man’s heart and instructed Moses to instruct his judges to
hold the wrong doer accountable.
Big business has been buying their protection by funding candidates for state
and federal office. Big business has also been funding a national movement
selling average Americans on the false idea that there is a tsunami of frivolous
lawsuits. But is all this based on lies?
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Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Steve Waldman
with Steve Waldman (www.waldmanfirm.com)
Tort reformers have three
agendas:
1. Make it impossible for the person that is harmed or injured to recover money
damages
2. Make it impossible for the person that is harmed or injured from receiving
effective representation – from being able to hire an attorney
3. Make it impossible for an attorney to make money representing an injured
American
For too long, too many have been drinking the cool-aid believing that there are
too many frivolous lawsuits in America so we must do whatever it takes to shut
the court house door to these suits. But in doing so, it closes the court house
to all!
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August 5, 2011
Title: Smoke and Mirrors, Deceptions, Exaggerations and Maybe a Few bold Face Lies
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Andy Cochran
with The 7th Amendment Advocate (www.7thAmendmentAdvocate.org)
Texans were promised
that if they capped noneconomic damages in medical malpractice awards, they
would see a reduction in their health insurance costs and that overall
healthcare costs in Texas would come down. Did these miracle
reductions happen? Plan and simple: NO.
The Dallas Morning News recently reported that family and single health
insurance premiums rose by 51 and 45 percent, respectively, roughly equal to the
increase nationwide. But the injured patient basically lost their ability to
hold the wrong doer responsible.
Side note: Karl Rove has been pushing tort reform for over thirty years. No
wonder big business funds his activities and his candidates with piles and piles
of money. Great interview, listen in.
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April 8, 2011
Title: What has Medical Malpractice Reform accomplished in Texas?
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Segment 1 of 3
Are patients better protected from medical errors because of Tort Reform that shields doctors from their medical errors?
The fundamental question is: Are patients receiving better health care with fewer risks of being injured or killed by a preventable medical mistake? Alex Winslow, the Executive Director of Texas Watch, reviews the results of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform from a Texas perspective. More information can be found at www.TexasWatch.org.
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Title: What has Medical Malpractice Reform accomplished in Texas?
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Segment 2 of 3
Are Medical Review Boards coming down hard on bad doctors that continually harm their patients?
Are preventable medical errors on the increase? Should car manufacturers receive a “federal shield of protection”? Should tire manufacturers receive a “federal shield of protection?” In a prior interview, we discussed how Congress shielded big oil from their mistakes when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Now look at the giant oil spill from last summer. Alex Winslow, the Executive Director of Texas Watch, continues reviewing the results of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform from a Texas perspective. More information can be found at www.TexasWatch.org.
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Title: What has Medical Malpractice Reform accomplished in Texas?
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Alex Winslow
with Texas Watch (www.TexasWatch.org)
Segment 3 of 3
Have medical errors decreased?
Have health insurance premiums been reduced? Are more doctors practicing in ‘under-served areas’? Have out-of-pocket health care expenses been reduced? These are some of the promises made by big insurance companies and their allies when pushing through Medical Malpractice Tort Reform. Alex Winslow, the Executive Director of Texas Watch, concludes his review of the results of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform from a Texas perspective. More information can be found at www.TexasWatch.org.
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March 25, 2011
Title: Big Oil Companies were granted their wish - no responsibility for oil spill.
Topic: Tort Reform and Limiting Liability
Discussed by Romina Boccia
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)
Segment 2 of 2
Romina advocates that the government should remove special limited tort
liability for energy producers in the Gulf. She argues: the danger of shielding
energy producers from the full risks associated with their risky decisions is
that taxpayers are forced to subsidize their bad decisions. Should big business
be granted limited liability in other areas? Should car manufacturers, tire
manufacturers, the makers of baby clothes and toys, pharmaceutical companies
and/or health care providers also receive a ‘special shield of immunity’ from
their risky, bad or incorrect decisions? More information can be found at
www.IWF.org
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