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As a business owner, there are many things you are knowledgeable about and many things you have plenty of experience with. However, a majority of these things will most likely involve subjects and matters that concern the business world, or more specifically, your business.

As a business owner, there are many things you are knowledgeable about and many things you have plenty of experience with. However, a majority of these things will most likely involve subjects and matters that concern the business world, or more specifically, your business.

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Republicans seek lifetime cap of 250,000 in case of medical malpractice - and you know that’s not going to get you far these days.

Without any public hearings  (to assure that the press doesn’t show up), Chairman Goodlatte is pushing place hurdles in front of citizens who want to go after wrongdoers and deter future injuries and harms.

The bill proposes a cap of $250,000 for a lifetime of pain and suffering compensation in medical malpractice cases. This ties the hands of judges and juries from adequately awarding victims—especially children, homemakers and the elderly who have no wage losses to claim, and who often have the most serious disabling injuries.

In case you missed the peer-reviewed Johns Hopkins University Medical School study from last May, the physician-authors gave a conservative estimate that an average of 5,000 people a week die in the U.S.  in hospitals due to preventable mishaps such as malpractice, medical errors, hospital-induced infections and bad drug prescriptions.

Imagine how many more patients are sickened or injured from these and other preventable acts.

Goodlatte and his henchmen are also pressing a bill to weaken the ability of consumers, investors and workers to band together in class actions when they are not able to afford hiring a lawyer to represent them for their individual harm. Since companies like Wells Fargo, drug and medical device companies, polluters and insurance giants are among wrongdoers, it is no wonder that their lobbyists want more immunity from the rule of law for corporate violations and damage to innocent people.

Another bill would harm asbestos victims who are waiting for their compensation before they die, forcing them to wait longer for compensation and leave their online and personal privacy vulnerable to violations and identity theft.

“More. We want more,” bellow the large corporate lobbyists on Capitol Hill.

For your interest and use, here is a list of Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who turned their back on the American people:

Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06)

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. (WI-05)

Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21)

Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-01)

Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49)

Rep. Steve King (IA-04)

Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-08)

Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01)

Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-04)

Rep. Ted Poe (TX-02) [voted NO on the medical malpractice bill]

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT-03)

Rep. Tom Marino (PA-10)

Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC-04)

Rep. Raúl Labrador (ID-01)

Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27)

Rep. Doug Collins (GA-09)

Rep. Ron DeSantis (FL-06)

Rep. Ken Buck (CO-04)

Rep. John Ratcliffe (TX-04)

Rep. Martha Roby (AL-02)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-01)

Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04)

Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05)

- Ralph Nader In The Public Interest

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Austin Divorce Litigation Attorney

Austin Divorce Litigation AttorneyThere are advantages and disadvantages in representing oneself prosse in a divorce proceeding or family law case such as a custody dispute. Some of the immediate advantages include the following:1. Not having to pay an attorney for legal fees;2. Ability to make your own legal arguments; and3. Some sympathy from the court or jury;Although as simple as it may seem, the disadvantages may outweigh its advantages. For example, although the process may seem simple, legal procedure is fraught with complex meaning and ramifications. Frequently, the question that arises is , "do I really need a good lawyer, where can i find one...?"On most cases, the answer is generally yes. Courts are also not easily inclined to have sympathys on prose litigants. As one court put it, "While we have compassion for the plight of the prose litigant attempting to follow the rules of legal procedure and substantive laws, and therefore construe pr/se pleadings and briefs liberally, we must still hold appellant to the same standard as a licensed attorney, requiring that he follow those same rules and laws." Mansfield State Bank v. Cohn, 573 S.W.2d 181, 184‑85 (Tex. 1978); Cooper v. Circle Ten Council Boy Scouts of Am., 254 S.W.3d 689, 693 (Tex. App.- Dallas 2008, no pet.). To do otherwise would give a pro se litigant an unfair advantage over a litigant represented by counsel. Mansfield State Bank, 573 S.W.2d at 185; Cooper, 254 S.W.3d at 693.On one occasion, a client indicated that at first they thought that a lawyer was not necessary in handling a simple state tax collection matter. At the end, the matter ended up to be a $250,000 judgment against the client. Although on some cases such as on uncontested matters, representing oneself pro se may be cost effective, however in most situations it behooves a client to get good legal representation to avoid the legal pitfalls of legal procedure and law.

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