Trial Lawyers, Inc., Is an Economic Disease
Deroy Murdock
National Review Online, May 30, 2006
In his National Review column, contributing editor Deroy Murdock recommends Common Good’s proposal for special health courts as a solution to the ills of the current medical malpractice system, which drives up health care costs and restricts access to care. A key benefit of special medical courts, according to Murdock, would be "specialized judges, often in non-jury trials, that would consult their own objective expert witnesses and also weigh the validity of scientific evidence, which sometimes baffles jurors." For example, in the recent Vioxx trial in Texas, one uncomprehending juror remarked to the Wall Street Journal: “Whenever Merck was up there, it was like wah, wah, wah. We didn’t know what the heck they were talking about.”
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