tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post116745871797918272..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: Overlawyered.com's 'Best of 2006' from IllinoisRich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1167750960577999792007-01-02T09:16:00.000-06:002007-01-02T09:16:00.000-06:00Prof. Goldblatt:There is a difference between suin...Prof. Goldblatt:<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between suing your doctor for taking off the wrong limb, and for suing Burger King for not building a moat around the building.<BR/><BR/>Under current Illinois law, if you do not clear your sidewalk and somebody falls, then you are not liable. However, if you do it badly and ice forms where you fell, then you are liable. Incentive? Leave it there.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1167672181161417952007-01-01T11:23:00.000-06:002007-01-01T11:23:00.000-06:0090,000 people killed each year by infections acqui...90,000 people killed each year by infections acquired in hospitals. Yet, the insurance companies still want to blame the injured patients for the high cost of medical care, saying that lawsuits are costing patients money. <BR/><BR/>The right to a trial by jury is one that is guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment to our Constitution, and it was put there for a reason. There is no other society in Prof. Goldblatt Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11750218589175401938noreply@blogger.com