My daughter, Tara, has a silicon brain shunt. They use TV commercials to deliver their message to state legislators and consumers, that huge awards hurt manufacturers and their customers. Lawsuit abuses severely hamper progress in medical devices. Please speak out. We have to have sources of future implants.
Reformers also accuse trial lawyers of taking vantage of juries.
Congressman Joel Hefley sponsored Colorado's reforms when he was a state representative. But the Sharrels say the jury, as well as the victim, has been penalized by the reform laws. Jurors spent three weeks on this. I mean, they gave up a lot of personal time, a lot of work and everything to give me this award, but because of the caps, I can't get it. Jeffrey Hyman says the reforms weren't needed in the first place.