Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Well, the problem here is that the law as written was exactly what everyone involved in getting it through the legislature intended. They wanted the crushing lawsuits and settlements and trial-lawyer attorney’s fees, just as they do with Worker’s Compensation claims. Got nothing to do with making anything safer or more equitable. Every day in Illinois businesses “settle” frivolous and fraudulent employee-injury claims. The “injured” employee often gets a pittance – sometimes less than what they would have earned had they not stayed at home pretending to be incapacitated – while trial lawyers and expert witnesses and dueling hired-gun doctors… Read more »