Pros And Cons Of Tort Reform

The damages awarded in a law suit not only affects the parties directly involved. The myth of there being an abundance frivolous lawsuit is brought about by the big businesses. Corporations and insurance companies have framed several legitimate lawsuits as frivolous and the fabricated statistics are spread to the public to cause fear.5 The fear will also assist in passing tort reform laws to help ease the pain of excessive amounts being paid out in damages. A NLCATP internet blog went into great details explaining what tort reforms were and who they would affect the most. The two cons mentioned was how the victims involved would be more negatively impacted than the person or company that’s at fault.
With tort reform, it will put more restrictions on the actual victim and make it more difficult for them to prove their case. Lessening the time frames is one aspect of tort reform that could hinder the actual injured parties and give them a heavier burden of proof. …show more content…
The person accused of fault is the one that tort reform is actually protecting. No matter how you look at it, tort reform can’t be viewed as just.11 To help soften the blow from the millions paid in damages the insurance companies tend to increase the costs charged to the doctor for malpractice coverage. This financial issue eventually trickles down to the doctor’s patients because it will cost more for the doctors to practice medicine, which consequentially means that patients will have to pay more cover these hikes on their medical