Forbes Article on Lawsuits in New York

I was tempted to respond to this Forbes article on how our tort system and medical malpractice lawyers are ruining New York. But, to save myself some effort, I decided to wait the obligatory fifteen minutes to give the resident New York personal injury blogger, Eric Turkewitz, a chance to respond. Literally 13 minutes later, Eric posted this response, which debunks line by line how misleading this article is in looking at the impact of lawsuits on New York and what the real solutions are to the problems raised.

Look, unless you have been living under a rock, you know that I oppose tort reform. (Okay, I'm deluding my importance, but stay with me.) Reasonable people smarter than I am support the idea of reforming the tort system and limiting the rights of victims. But you have to at least pretend to write a balanced article if your are trying to convince the undecided. Otherwise, you are just preaching to the choir.