Political Quotes

“I would agree it stimulates negotiation. Let me say that the concern I have is that the difference between the Michigan rule that the gentleman is articulating very accurately here and the bill, as it is currently drafted, is that under the current circumstances only when the Plaintiff meets or exceeds the amount of their demand will they get attorney fees. Only when the defendant keeps the plaintiff below the amount of their settlement offer will the defendant get attorney fees, and in the area in between that $50,000 to $100,000 no one, no party, pays the other party's attorney fees as the bill is written. I say to the gentleman, ``You would make it razor sharp by saying, if it's 75 thousand and one dollar, the plaintiff prevails, and the defendant pays his attorney fees. if it's $75,999, the defendant prevails, and the plaintiff pays his attorney fees,'' and I really don't think the merit of whether or not a case was reasonable ought to fall on one dollar. That can never happen.”