Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company
The New
York Times
June 19, 1999, Saturday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 14; Column
4; Editorial Desk
LENGTH: 126 words
HEADLINE: Tort Reform: It's Lawyers
Against the Rest of Us
BODY:
To the Editor:
Lisa Kimmel (letter, June 12) asserts that tort law reform makes "little
real economic sense." But witness the attempt by the legal profession in
cooperation with various government agencies to extort money from the tobacco
industry. And now lawyers are trying to establish liability on the part of gun
manufacturers for crimes committed by individuals. Are we supposed to believe
these multibillion-dollar lawsuits have no impact on employment or insurance
rates? Common sense says the greatest beneficiaries of the avalanche of laws
that have been written are the lawyers themselves. Bravo to Gov. George W. Bush
of Texas and anyone else who would take these people to task.
ARNOLD AHLERT
Brooklyn, June 13, 1999
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