Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Even now, here in the US, there are doctors who are getting out of medicine because government and medical insurance restrictions don't allow them to collect enough money for their services to pay their exhorbitant malpractice insurance bills.
Sorry for being off topic, but i alway found it ridiculous how liability is handled in the states. Coming to think of it, it ain't that much off topic, because capitalism in my opinion also needs to include each persons responsibility for her/his own actions.
To spill a hot coffee on one's own legs and then sue the company who sold the coffee is stupid enough, being granted loads of money by a court because you've been stupid is just ridiculous. Same with malpractice: Of course docs should pay if the make a mistake, but the sums granted by US courts are way beyond anything remotely adequate, let alone reasonable.