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...Lead plaintiff Julie N.W. Goodridge met her partner Hillary F. Goodridge at a 1985 Harvard lecture on divestment from apartheid South Africa...
...other hand, under the plan, the plaintiff would have to satisfy a lesser standard of proof in order to receive compensation...
Rather than having to demonstrate doctors’ negligence, the plaintiff must only show that the harm suffered was “avoidable.” Thus the proposal may increase awards for many complaints...
...plaintiff is] saying, in effect, that The Crimson can prove no set of facts that would entitle The Crimson to access HUPD records,” the brief states. “The Crimson is entitled to discovery and to create a full record on the nature of the appointments held by Harvard’s police officers and the scope of the authority they hold...
...system of justice that reliably distinguishes between right and wrong? Meanwhile, the tort reform pushed by doctors is like a bandage on a mortal wound. Placing limits on discretionary "noneconomic" damages may stem today's bleeding and is certainly one element of controlling costs--$1 million to a plaintiff is $1 million less to take care of the rest of us. But merely putting caps on pain-and-suffering damages will not restore reliability or trust...