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Quotes About Tort

En 1915 je suis parti sans croire à la patrie. J'ai eu tort. Non pas de ne pas croire : de partir.
~ Jean Giono
I can't cook to save my life but I can bake a flour-less chocolate-hazelnut tort with a spicy caramel sauce.
~ Anna Kendrick
Dr. G, a sixteen foot, aging giraffe was sprawled awkwardly on a couch half his size. Cat and Tort sat on a love seat waiting anxiously for the Doctor to start. The towering Doctor started with… "Can we begin?" The giraffe paused and cocked his massive head towards the wall that displayed his numerous degrees. "Of course we can begin. I'm the damned Shrink here.
~ John J. Parrino
a dessert made out of a dozen matzohs, a gallon of cream and amaretto liqueur, and a tub of raspberries. What I believe my mother is aiming for is a mille-feuille, or, in Russian, a tort Napoleon. The result is a vaguely Passover-based departure from pastry reality. In deference to its point of origin, she likes to call it "French.
~ Gary Shteyngart
Irresponsible corporations win big from tort reform.
~ George Lakoff
Tort reform is a top priority for conservatives. Why do conservatives care so much about this? Well, as soon as you see the effects, you can see why they care. Because in one stroke you prohibit all of the potential lawsuits that will be the basis of future environmental legislation and regulation.
~ George Lakoff
And lawyers, who take risks and make significant investments in such cases, will no longer make enough money to support the risk. And corporations will be free to ignore the public good. That is what "tort reform" is about.
~ George Lakoff
Many tort lawyers are important Democratic donors. Tort "reform"—as conservatives call it—cuts off this source of money. All of a sudden three-quarters of the money going to the Texas Democratic Party is not there.
~ George Lakoff
Incidentally, conservatives are attempting to destroy this system via "tort reform," the capping of damages at levels so low that the attorneys could no longer afford to function as police and prosecutors and the whole system would break down. Their motivation is to make the market "free" from the loss of profit through lawsuits for harming or defrauding the public. THE
~ George Lakoff
If we did not have Obamacare, we could've addressed the healthcare crisis in a comprehensive but segmented fashion - meaning that we could have promoted a health savings plan. We could've pushed for tort reform, which added so much more cost to healthcare.
~ Elaine Chao
À ce moment là, j'ai dû comprendre pour la première fois que le mal est irrémédiable et qu'il est impossible de réparer un tort quoique l'on fasse ensuite. Le seul remède est de ne pas en commettre et ne pas en commettre est en ce monde l'oeuvre la plus ardue et secrète.
~ Erri De Luca
Tort reform is important. We need to prevent trial lawyers from killing good jobs.
~ Eric Greitens
Malpractice tort reform can be something as commonsensical as the establishment of medical courts - similar to bankruptcy or admiralty courts - with special judges to make determinations in cases brought by parties claiming injury.
~ Bill Bradley
Sir, we're maiming both our employees and our customers. Our legal department can't keep up with the suits. Something needs to be done." "You're right," Dempsey finally conceded. "Increase our contributions for tort reform.
~ Tim Dorsey
They, the lawmakers, were hoodwinked by the insurance companies who are still funding the national tort reform movement, a political crusade that has been wildly successful.
~ John Grisham
Mass tort litigation was not practicing law. It was a roguish form of entrepreneurship.
~ John Grisham
Half the fee. That's how the big tort lawyers operate, by referrals. Grunts like us go out and find the cases, then hand 'em over to the guys who know what they're doing, and then sit back and wait on the money.
~ John Grisham