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Chief Justice Jean Toal has stood by
her proposed statewide ban on confidential court
settlements.
At a public hearing Tuesday, Toal
questioned why so many defense lawyers are against the
ban.
Doctors warned of skyrocketing malpractice rates
if the ban passes, and defense attorneys spoke about clogging
of court dockets.
Meanwhile, advocates of the ban on
secret settlements included a lawyer for news organizations
who suggested that the public has a
right to see how its
tax money works.
A Lexington County woman who wishes
she could have seen the malpractice settlements against her
husband's doctor before his botched open-heart surgery also
spoke for the proposal.
Toal plans to submit then ban
to the Legislature next month, which must approve the measure
by a three-fifths vote.
South Carolina's 12 federal
judges have already approved a ban on confidential
settlements. |
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