SickofLawsuits.org views personal injury lawyers as evil - no alternative for patients mentioned

SickofLawsuits.org's National Education Campaign Reveals That Americans Believe Personal Injury Lawyers Are More Interested in Profits Than Helping Clients

Sep 26, 2005 11:23 America/Chicago    WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent survey by SickofLawsuits.org, 82 percent of Americans agree that personal injury lawyers who file lawsuits over medicines and other healthcare remedies are more interested in making money than in helping their clients. The survey finding will be featured in an advertisement today in Roll Call. The ad is one of four advertisements running in Roll Call as part of the group's public education campaign leading up to Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week (October 3-7).   "Some personal injury lawyers will file questionable lawsuits based on junk science in hopes of winning big money," said Sick of Lawsuits spokesperson Dr. Evelyn Tobias-Merrill. "Such lawsuit abuse is bankrupting our healthcare system, forcing our doctors to stop practicing, and taking life-saving medicines off the shelves."   The campaign will run half-page print advertisements, including the one today, to raise legislators' awareness about Americans' concerns over the need for legal reform. SickofLawsuits.org also is planning a national television advertising buy for the fall to encourage citizens to help stop lawsuit abuse and protect America's healthcare system.   "We want to let our representatives in Washington know that legal reform continues to be a major issue for all of us," said Dr. Tobias-Merrill. "These survey findings show that Americans are sick of lawsuits, and it's time for change now."   The national survey of 800 likely voters was conducted by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of SickofLawsuits.org during August 16-18, 2005. The margin of error is +/- 3.5%.   SickofLawsuits.org is a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, representing more than 165,000 supporters across the country including doctors, healthcare professionals, small business owners, attorneys and other individuals from all walks of life. Persons interested in more information or becoming active on lawsuit abuse and healthcare issues can visit http://www.sickoflawsuits.org/.   Source: Sick of Lawsuits   CONTACT: Dr. Evelyn Tobias-Merrill of Sick of Lawsuits, +1-800-476-1442   Web site: http://www.sickoflawsuits.org/

[I'm sure there is some abuse, but a survey of 800 is not what I would consider a "national" survey. And how many of those were personal injury patients/clients? If you remove the monitary incentive, are you going to be able to find good legal representation that you can afford? If not, then the highly paid lawyers of the drug and medical companies may deny compehansation to those that truely deserve it. ]