# Liberals should support tort reform

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-should-support-tort-reform/566979>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 9, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-should-support-tort-reform/566979 "2011-01-09T14:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-should-support-tort-reform/566979/10 "2011-01-09T20:27:38Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> You must have ignored my entire post to suggest it’s similar to the current system!

Your entire post is ill-informed drivel. “Tort Reform” is and always has been the mantra of the insurance companies for increasing their bottom line. They are the lobbyists behind it. They are the ones that will benefit from it. Med-mal cases are simply not the tsunami of windfall judgments they would have you believe. Those cases are expensive to litigate, and difficult o win.

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