What is wrong with our legal system, demonstrated:
Rescue workers in Alameda, California were forced to watch as a man drowned after they realized they could not save him because they did not possess the proper certifications for water rescue required to legally do so.
Had the workers attempted a rescue without the legal certifications, they could have faced lawsuits leading to massive fines and career ending rulings.
The victim was a suicidal man who waded into the waters to take his own life. Onlookers, including police, firemen and other rescue workers were forced to watch from the water’s edge hopelessly.
In fact, because of certifications and laws, rescue workers could not even legally enter the water to retrieve the body after the man had died. The police asked an onlooker to do it for them…
Forced to watch? No, not really – but when you know there are lawyers out there just waiting to sue, it takes a great deal of moral courage to just do the right thing. These are people who watched a man die because they feared a lawsuit…and you know what may happen, now? There is probably already a lawyer out there wondering if he can sue these people for failure to rescue.
Our liberals keep insisting that we dare not provide any tort reform – that if we in any way, shape or form clip the wings of the lawyers then people will lose their rights. How about their right to be rescued when dying? Or the right of people who act in a humane manner when they see suffering? Don’t help that person you’ve found on the street – you’ll be sued! We’ve been warped – normal actions of human beings have become impossible because someone one there will try to make a buck off the tragedy.
Tort reform, now. Most important part – loser pays. I also suggest jail time to any trial lawyer who loses more than two cases a year…if he loses that much, he’s clearly filing frivolous lawsuits and that should be illegal. Really, its a matter of whether or not we’re going to keep allowing ambulance chasers to get rich, or will we have a decent, moral society?
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