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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Haha, sorry, don't want to dredge up all the 1L stuff. I actually had a talk with my torts professor about this very point, i.e. it not making sense to hold small community hospital A to the same standard as big educational medical center B. I'm pretty sure CT does precisely that, and I think that's one reason why CT medical professionals are trying hard to revamp the med-mal system here in the state.
If you want to read a solid book on the topic (you know, in your free time, haha), Damages by Barry Werth talks about a family going through the med-mal system.
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I think it's a nationwide movement. We recently shot down a massive tort reform bill here in Oklahoma (governor vetoed it). Amongst numerous things like a 300K cap to noneconomic damages in ALL suits, it included such gems as making the safety records of nursing homes undiscoverable and making it so that a class action suit couldn't be brought for the non-payment of oil and gas royalties. Good stuff.