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On August 07 2017 10:19 Introvert wrote:


Miller made Acosta look like a fool. Acosta resorted to quoting a poem ffs.

On August 07 2017 10:19 Introvert wrote:


Miller made Acosta look like a fool. Acosta resorted to quoting a poem ffs.

On August 07 2017 13:24 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:
how does this help anyone other than people running the nursing homes?

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/894299312737406976

On August 07 2017 13:41 xDaunt wrote:

That's a really bad and misleading headline. The rule change won't eliminate plaintiff's claims in nursing home malpractice claims. It just allows nursing homes to force them into arbitration instead. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Juries are a damned craps shoot, and arbitration is often a better process than civil litigation. The real advantage that nursing homes get from this rule is insulation from class action lawsuits. However, those are relatively few and far between when compared to the total number of malpractice claims.

On August 07 2017 21:51 ChristianS wrote:
Hard to believe indeed

On August 07 2017 13:41 xDaunt wrote:

That's a really bad and misleading headline. The rule change won't eliminate plaintiff's claims in nursing home malpractice claims. It just allows nursing homes to force them into arbitration instead. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Juries are a damned craps shoot, and arbitration is often a better process than civil litigation. The real advantage that nursing homes get from this rule is insulation from class action lawsuits. However, those are relatively few and far between when compared to the total number of malpractice claims.

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On August 07 2017 20:29 farvacola wrote:
Arbitration pretty much always favors the big guy, as do forum selection clauses and most other contractual conflict resolution terms. Here's a pretty good, though clearly critical article on the topic.

On August 08 2017 01:07 xDaunt wrote:

No, this is an overly simplistic and incorrect way of looking at the issue. Yes, arbitration clauses prevent class actions (which I already said). What's omitted from the analysis is what arbitration does in terms of cheapening access to justice for plaintiffs. Take it from someone who routinely represents personal injury plaintiffs: the formalities of modern civil litigation -- especially in professional malpractice cases (like the nursing home cases at issue here) -- are incredibly overbearing. Any case with a value that is under $50,000 in value is cost prohibitive to litigate through trial. Frankly, I think it is foolish to litigate cases with a value of under $100,000. For professional malpractice cases (like nursing home cases), you generally should be over $200,000 given the additional standard of care expert costs. Arbitration allows the parties to closely tailor the proceedings to the need of the case by many of the formalities of civil court, thereby reducing the cost of litigation, and expanding plaintiffs' access to justice and relief for claims. Given that the vast majority of claims are not resolved in class action lawsuits, these are good tradeoffs for most plaintiffs.

On August 08 2017 01:09 IyMoon wrote:


but if arbitration is truly the best idea in some cases wont those cases already go to arbitration? Can you think of times that the big guy (nursing homes/banks/ I am generalizing here) have wanted arbitration where the plaintiff did not that was actually a good idea for the plaintiff?