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Originally Posted by ERCougar
I suspect he said that because he was talking to a lawyer and didn't want an awkward plane ride.
In reality, it's a combination of factors. Do you really think doctors in Louisiana are far worse than the doctors in Texas?
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No, this was deep into the conversation and we had already reached agreement on many key points. He actually said it to make the point that he acknowledged that there were many meritorious claims that deserved compensation in some form. Like I said, the thing that bothered him was the widely disparate results.
I do think that juries can vary pretty dramatically in terms of their willingness to award damages (that is you, folks, not the lawyers) and this affects pretty dramatically how willing lawyers are to take marginal cases. So his point is a good one, I think.