The tort system, which covers lawsuits over personal injuries, medical malpractice, asbestos disease, faulty products and other types of harmful behavior, is designed to compensate those who are hurt and deter future damaging conduct. ...
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Obama and liability reform
Obama didn't break with the Democrats on any seriously contested tort reform measures: he filibustered medical malpractice reform, and was one of the votes to kill asbestos reform (which failed by one vote). Obama claimed to support ...
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