In an opinion piece published in the Huffington Post, Larry Bodine, editor in chief of Lawyers.com, argues that tort reform is a lie and that it “doesn’t benefit the general public and results mainly in stripping Americans of their rights.” Bodine writes that proposals for tort reform legislation “are pushed by well-funded, anti-consumer groups with friendly-sounding names like ‘ALEC’ and the ‘U.S. Chamber of Commerce.’ Their goal is to boost insurance company profits, insulate incompetent doctors from liability and promote propaganda about a non-existent ‘lawsuit explosion.’” He argues that the true result of tort reform legislation is that badly injured consumers are forced to shoulder the high costs of medical mistakes in order to provide cheaper malpractice insurance for doctors who have made such medical errors.
From the American Association for Justice news release.
