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Tort "Reform" Abuses
I commend the series on considering what needs to be done to undo the Bush Administration's excesses. One area that I have not seen written about is the administration's abuses of the law in the area of ''tort reform.'' After years of unsuccessfully seeking to change the laws in Congress, even when controlled by Republicans, to limit product ...
Posted to Fixing It by Fitchwill on April 3, 2008
it's probably unenforceable
These sorts of waivers are really common, but they aren't enforceable if they run contrary to public policy. In this instance, there would seem to be grave public policy concerns. We are talking about putting kids out in the desert for 6 weeks without being able to communicate with their parents. We are talking about parents waiving negligence ...
Posted to Hot Document by Dilan Esper on September 19, 2007