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Discussion Group 1 Reporting for 2022 Judges Forum
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Group 1 Moderators:
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Please note apparent points of agreement, interesting comments, strong sentiments in response to each question.
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MORNING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Are the Massey Coal, Purdue Pharma, and GM examples merely outliers with respect to deadly misconduct? Or do you see a trend in your state?
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Question 2: Do you feel there has been effective response by the regulatory and/or criminal justice systems to major misconduct by corporations and other institutions? Why or why not?
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Question 3:Should corporate conduct that kills or maims warrant different treatment in civil litigation than conduct that causes only economic loss? What response, if any, should be different?
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Question 4: Can civil litigation adequately fill the gap left by failures of the regulatory and criminal justice systems? What can judges do to ensure that it will?
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Question 5: Do the current recusal regimes work adequately in civil litigation?
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AFTERNOON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Do you feel that the rule of law is, indeed, fragile? Why or why not?
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Question 2: For average citizens, are there realistic alternatives to contingency fee representation to secure access to the civil justice system?
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Question 3: Are there “villains” in the civil justice system, as tort reform advocates say? If so, who are they?
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Question 4: Are judges responsible for keeping the public safe?
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Question 5: What can judges do most effectively to support and protect the legitimacy of our civil justice system?
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