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About this time of year, the Daily Disappointment, aka The Oklahoman begans issuing editorials as instructed by their bosses at the State Chamber. If you think I'm kidding about who Ed Kelly's bosses are, I'm not, he does the Chamber's bidding. Now in their titled "Aces Low: Trial Lawyers Overplay Their Hand," the Oklahoman editorial staff in only what can be called a propaganda scheme that...

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The following reported by Yahoo is just another scary incident where the medical profession has failed to police itself. With all the talk of tort reform et al, this gives me the biggest evidence against such. Doctors and medical professionals routinely fail to police themselves leaving on us medical malpractice lawyers to do such. I have seen simliar circumstances of coverup, lies and...

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I was discussing tort reform with a friend today and I heard my favorite term, Jackpot Justice. Of course I convinced my friend of the error of his ways and the utter fallacy of the tort reform movement. However, I got to thinking, what is Jackpot Justice. I better add a disclaimer, after reading this, this is truly a late night rant against the rhetoric of politicians.Now understand one...

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An Oklahoma jury ordered American Fidelity to pay $10.8 million for improperly reducing the benefit owed to the mother of a policy holder who died. Dolores Metzger claimed the company improperly changed its policy for paying "actual charges" for limited benefit health insurance policies, such as the cancer policy purchased by Metzger's son. Before 1994, American Fidelity paid whatever the...

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The Daily Oklahoman January 29, 2008 By Don Mecoy Business Writer Imprisoned former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 40 times during a civil trial Monday in federal court to avoid answering questions about his relationship with American Fidelity Assurance Co. "I respectfully decline to answer that question, sir," Fisher said repeatedly, claiming...

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With another legislative session beginning I have promised myself to not post an article against tort reform, or as I like to call it corporate and insurance immunity everday. However, in looking at the Oklahoma Gazette, I have to point something out about the Republican Co-Speaker Glen Coffee and his never ending quest for tort reform to benefit his biggest donors, corporations et. al. In a...

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As I was perusing the internet this weekend I ventured over and read a couple of blogs from local personality types along with various local news organizations. A couple of these blogs were from right wing pundits in our local media and couples were from left-wing pundits. In reading the right wing local pundits I saw where the blogger was lauding an Oklahoman State Senator for her ethics...

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Abraham Lincoln once wrote to a colleague that "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is...

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SB 507 will be heard by the Oklahoma Senate this week. Is a comprehensive tort reform bill that shuts the courthouse doors for injured. Call your state senator, this bill is bad for medical malpractice cases.

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Don't be fooled by the Oklahoman's Tort Reform Editorial from April Fool's Day, aimed to further distort the facts regarding Oklahoma 's Civil Justice System. Cited is a study from the Pacific Research Institute, a right-wing mouthpiece which also trumpets that global warming is a hoax and that the war in Iraq is a gleaming success. Instead of rhetoric, let's talk facts. According to the...

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It's come to my attention that the "Daily Oklahoman" better known as the Daily Disappointment had this letter to the editor in today's paper. "Government interference a bad idea When my patients face a difficult medical decision, they often want to pray about it and discuss it with a spouse, family member or their pastor. I've never heard a patient say, "I want to see what my legislator thinks...

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Funders of Bogus Report Same Group Denying Global Warming (Washington, DC) -- The American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, today released a statement debunking the Pacific Research Institute's (PRI) latest propaganda aimed at eliminating Americans' right to hold corporation accountable for negligence. "This is just more junk science being...

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Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) announced today the release of Stable Losses/Unstable Rates2007, a new study that examines fresh insurance industry data to determinewhat caused the most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis fordoctors. The full study can be found at: http://insurance-reform.org. The study by AIR, a coalition of over 100 consumer and public interestgroups...

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Standing glaringly in the face of the insurance industry's push to distort America's civil justice system in their favor and in favor of big business, a report was released last week showing that State Farm Insurance's chairman and CEO received an 82 percent raise after the company posted a record profit last year. Here is a link to the story: ...

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Paddack tort reform bill gets bipartisan support, passes SenateThree major lawsuit reform bills, one authored by State Sen. Susan Paddack, received bi-partisan support Tuesday from the evenly divided Oklahoma Senate. All three bills now go to the House for consideration.Paddack's bill, SB 824, is aimed at preventing frivolous lawsuits. The legislation addresses a December decision by the...

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