Another giant Trojan Horse—Tort Reform—Arkansas SJR8—A gift from the Political Gods, originally allegedly to reduce the costs of healthcare. As in all political bills offered, identify first who the lobbyists represent—that will tell the tale.
February 7, 2017

Citizens better look at this Trojan with a microscope because it affects not only their pocketbooks but their & their loved ones very lives. Issue 3 caught you with your pants down, let that one alone awaken you. This Horse bombs our 7th Amendment right to trial by jury.
Tort Reform we have been conditioned to believe will bring healthcare costs down while the truth is that the bought off legislators are pandering to nursing homes, hospitals, & any industry or entity that might cause neglectful injury or death to innocent victims and don’t want to face the financial penalties a jury might award on a one on one basis, based on facts & evidence. Those responsible are willing to bribe with mega bucks to prevent that occurrence because juries personally see the horrendous effects on victims and reward according to severity.

The bill is written obviously so tortuously that this is an educated interpretation of what it actually does…which is definitely not in favor of any victim.

This odious SJR8, introduced by Sen. Missy Irvin (who works for her Doctor husband’s clinic)…by the way, malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of deaths, up to 400,000 per year in the U.S. This Bill would cap injury/death remuneration at $250,000, no matter the irresponsibility or the poor judgment causing the catastrophic suffering/pain/injury/death…that figure includes attorney’s fees and any outstanding frighteningly large medical bills. The victim could easily end up with nothing according to this bill.

Whether neglect in a nursing home, a doctor’s malpractice, or any individual or corporation wrongful acts causing you or your loved one losing their limbs or life, the evidence/responsibility/accountability is wiped out by political fiat, reducing your worth to $250,000 or less regardless of the consequences to you.

Which brings us to an intriguing question. Do these lobbyists, politicians, bureaucrats, businesses who do harm to others believe themselves to be bulletproof? Do they have a hidden clause to protect themselves from this cannibalistic bill? If not, the law of unintended consequences cannot be controlled or foreseen. The individuals & their families & friends in this cabal vociferously advocating for “Tort Reform” are not immune from being victims of the bill they so righteously portray, whether from ignorance or pay-back…the consequences will be the same.

When one of them is killed or maimed will they be content with the cap or will they be screaming for the 7th Amendment—the right to trial by jury of their peers? Wrongful death or injury is just that. WRONGFUL. That means accountability, of making amends, of righting the wrong as best as possible…you know; that antiquated idea of responsibility for wrong actions.

If this bill passes, one might even hope that the perpetrators are victims of their own unintended consequences or as Shakespeare’s Hamlet described so eloquently regarding those planning his assassination when he plotted they be “hoisted with their own petard.” (That is an idiom that means “to be harmed by one’s own plan to harm someone else” or “to fall into one’s own trap”, implying that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one’s own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one’s own plan.) Trojan Horse bombs? Poetic justice?

SJR8 conspirators, if you succeed, Hemmingway also perhaps described you… “therefore never send to know for whom the (funeral) bell tolls; It tolls for thee.”

~Barbara McCutchen
arkansasfreedom.net

P.S. the legislator Betrayers/Misinformed sponsors proudly list their names publicly for all to see:

Sponsors
Sen. Missy Irvin [R]
Rep. Bob Ballinger [R]
Sen. Blake Johnson [R]
Sen. Bill Sample [R]

Rep. Brandt Smith [R]
Rep. Sonia Eubanks Barker [R]
Rep. Rick Beck [R]
Rep. Mary Bentley [R]

Sen. Cecile Bledsoe [R]
Rep. Kenneth Bragg [R]
Rep. Karilyn Brown [R]
Rep. Frances Cavenaugh [R]

Rep. Bruce Coleman [R]
Rep. Charles Collins [R]
Rep. Bruce Cozart [R]
Rep. Dan Douglas [R]

Rep. Deborah Ferguson [D]
Rep. David Meeks [R]
Sen. David Wallace [R]
Rep. Andy Davis [R]

Rep. Jim Dotson [R]
Rep. Trevor Drown [R]
Sen. Eddie Williams [R]
Rep. Les Eaves [R]

Rep. Jon Eubanks [R]
Rep. Joe Farrer [R]
Sen. Jake Files [R]
Rep. Grant Hodges [R]

Rep. Mickey Gates [R]
Rep. Justin Gonzales [R]
Rep. Kenneth Henderson [R]
Sen. Bart Hester [R]

Rep. David Hillman [D]
Rep. Mike Holcomb [D]
Rep. Steve Hollowell [R]
Sen. Jonathan Dismang [R]

Sen. Jane English [R]
Sen. Jim Hendren [R]
Rep. Lane Jean [R]
Rep. Logan Jett [D]

Rep. Kim Hendren [R]
Sen. Lance Eads [R]
Rep. Lanny Fite [R]
Rep. Jack Ladyman [R]

Rep. Tim Lemons [R]
Rep. Mark Lowery [R]
Rep. Robin Lundstrum [R]
Rep. Roger Lynch [R]

Rep. Michelle Gray [R]
Rep. Stephen Magie [D]
Rep. Austin Mccollum [R]
Rep. John Payton [R]

Rep. Rebecca Petty [R]
Rep. Aaron Pilkington [R]
Sen. Jason Rapert [R]
Rep. Marcus Richmond [R]

Rep. Laurie Rushing [R]
Rep. Johnny Rye [R]
Rep. Jim Sorvillo [R]
Rep. Nelda Speaks [R]

Sen. Greg Standridge [R]
Rep. James Sturch [R]
Sen. Trent Garner [R]
Rep. Deann Vaught [R]

Rep. Jeff Wardlaw [D]
Rep. Les Warren [R]
Rep. Danny Watson [R]
Rep. Richard Womack [R]