in article , kontiki at
wrote on 7/17/04 10:29 AM:


You need to focus your energy on tort reform... then you'll have more
money in your pocket so you could afford flying lessons. Litigation
causes us to pay higher prices for everything, not just aviation.

The problem with any discussion of tort reform or "frivolous" lawsuits is
that nobody is ever willing to get into specifics. No one's willing to
define what "frivolous" actually means (aside, of course, from the fact that
it's never THEIR lawsuit) , or what percentage of lawsuits they consider to
be so.

Well, how about it? Anyone willing to submit some actual hard data? Let's
get specific for once--what percentage of lawsuits are "frivolous"? And what
are your precise criteria for determining their frivolity? Remember, no
anecdotes allowed--I don't wanna hear about the McDonald's coffee lady.
Let's see some numbers.