https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/insurance-troubles-high-school-bass-tournament/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/insurance-troubles-high-school-bass-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-289109 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:10:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=46223#comment-289109 This story is another advertisement for universal health insurance like they have in New Zealand, where parents and schools allow children to take reasonable risks. America’s reliance on the tort system as (an unfair and wasteful) substitute for health insurance is the original cancer from whim all our other tort law abuses metastasized.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/insurance-troubles-high-school-bass-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-288941 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:42:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=46223#comment-288941 I am not so sure this is a problem. The insurance company is recommending the insured take action that will minimize the risk of harm. Isn’t this what a libertarian would want? As opposed to, say, government-mandated action.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/06/insurance-troubles-high-school-bass-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-288913 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:18:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=46223#comment-288913 I never knew playing a musical instrument could be so dangerous

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