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Perspective

Apr. 20, 2012

A 'titanic’ task: the courts must protect consumers

Letter to the editor. By Drew Pomerance


Eric Kingsley's article ("Titanic: one hundred years later" April 9) about comparing the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic to how society has benefited from litigation during that time, is spot on, and should serve as a wake-up call to all of us. For whatever reasons (9/11, the eight years of Bush, a polarized Congress - who knows?), the pendulum has swung so far to the right that our courts today barely give lip service to protecting the rig...

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