Fighting Fire With Fire

Its a recipe for disaster: runaway jury awards, a predatory claimants bar, a culture of blame, the dissipation of personal responsibility, and the view that insurers and corporate America are bottomless deep pockets.

Meanwhile, if the pot of money dries upas it someday couldthen legitimate claimants, who have real illnesses, will be left with nothing, or it will be up to state guaranty funds to fill the hole.

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