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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
what we are really saying--I do want to predict how the argument is going to go later when the amendment process begins. The gentleman is saying that the present language, not the Michigan rule, but the present language, is more likely to deter frivolous suits because the gap between the $49,999 and the $100,000 is so great that that proves that the plaintiff should not recover because it is more or less frivolous or----
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Hon. George W. Gekas
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the implications of language in a legislative amendment process.

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