Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread Asa Janney
David: As you seem interested in this issue, here's a reply I got to my vaccine question from my knowledgeable friend, Ron, who is not on this network. Your, Asa The proposal, as I understand it, is not to cap liability for actual damages

Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread William Dickens
Can your friend explain why vaccines are different from other drugs? Everything has side effects. Precisely because the Democrats have such a stake in pushing the interests of trial lawyers the Republicans have the opposite incentive making just about any pronouncements on this topic highly suspect

The Fed's options

2002-11-22 Thread Alypius Skinner
(COMTEX B: Mortgage market commentary--Low rates require persistent panic Nov 22, 2002 (Inman News Features via COMTEX) -- The tone of financial marketsshifted suddenly this week, favoring stocks and hurting bonds and mortgages. Byyesterday, 30-year fixed rates touched 6.25 percent in the lo

Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread john hull
William Dickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Can your friend explain why vaccines are different from other drugs?" While I'm certainly not qualified to negotiate that legal minefield, may I guess? I'd say that a drug is intended to fix an existing problem, whereas a vaccine applies a "dangerous" e