Word: faults
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they have discovered common ground in tort reform, and are working hard for three initiatives that have already qualified for California's March primary ballot. Proposition 200 would establish a "no-fault" auto-insurance system in which insurers pay benefits regardless of who causes an accident. Proposition 201 would discourage shareholder lawsuits by requiring unsuccessful litigants to pay the corporation's legal fees. And Proposition 202 would sharply limit lawyers' contingency fees in personal-injury cases that are settled within 60 days. The initiatives will be voted on separately, but their backers, in order to create a wider base...
...poor clients. "These so-called tort reforms are bought and paid for by the Silicon Valley guys," says William Carrick, a consultant to the No forces. "They know that if they only put the shareholders' initiative forward, they'll get voted down. So they camouflage it with the no-fault and fee caps...
...These invitations have gone out by phone, e-mail and in writing, but they have not been followed up on or usually even acknowledged," Lewis wrote. "I regret this, but to the extent that there is a lack of communication, it is not our fault...
...wasn't necessarily the replacements' fault, as the whole team lacked chemistry outside the first line. The six usual starting defensemen played, but they got caught pinching in or passing the puck to a breaking Saint, resulting in three St. Lawrence goals...
...scratch at the rash of this sickness, the rash will simply reemerge with a vengeance. But if we seek to cure the sickness from within, then the rash goes away. If Hitlers are elected and federal buildings leveled, then the fault lies with all of us. Who else permitted these actions? Who raised these people so that they drew such horrific conclusions about the state of the world...