Robert Bork, a former United States Supreme Court nominee, and ardent supporter of 'tort reform' filed a slip and fall lawsuit against Yale Club recently. Apparently, Bork fell while attempting to step up onto the dais to give a speech. He suffered a hematoma in his leg, head injuries and months of physical therapy. Prior to this fall, Bork supported the idea that there are too many personal injury lawsuits and that reform was needed to curb an alleged overabundance of lawsuits. Of course, personal injury lawsuits only make up a small percentage of court cases, and Bork can now count himself lucky that reforms haven't prevented him from seeking compensation for the failure of Yale Club to provide adequate stairs and a handrail.

“A former insurance commissioner has accused the nation’s 15 leading medical malpractice insurers of unnecessarily driving up health care costs by falsely claiming that a medical malpractice crisis exists and ‘price gouging’ physicians. Former Missouri Insurance Commissioner Jay Angoff, now an attorney with Roger Brown & Associates of Jefferson City, Mo. made his accusations in a report, ‘No Basis for High Insurance Rates: An Analysis of the 15 Largest Medical Malpractice Insurers’ 2006 Financial Statements.’ The Washington-based American Assn. for Justice, a plaintiffs’ attorneys-supported research organization, commissioned the report.”

Dave Lenckus, Business Insurance 5/24/07

Also See, Accuse Med Mal Insurers of Price-Gouging, National Underwriter 5/29/07

Full Report by Jay Angoff: No Basis for High Insurance Rates