"Rex Morgan M.D." - Now for "The Leadettes"

"Rex Morgan M.D." might be the most effective tort-reform tool out there. This comic strip, with great faux gravitas, illustrates the idiocy of personal injury lawsuits in the medical profession.  Dr. Morgan and his trusty assistant frame a patient situation as something to "fight."  That patient the MRSA Boy has informed Dr. Morgan that "he couldn't talk to him anymore!"  Today's strip ends with Dr. Morgan announcing that he's "looking forward" to the fight.

This week we lead paint watchers will be entering the legal arena again. That's set in the Rhode Island Supreme Court.  Some employees at the defendants' companies tell me they are "cautiously optimistic." Mmmmm.  We will see, won't we, when that RI SC ruling comes out in two months.

But maybe this lead paint public nuisance litigation would never have come to a Supreme Court if we had developed our own comic strip "The Leadettes."  The lead Leadette would be an earnest young Naderish plaintiff attorney Leadette I. 

This Superhero is quite the busy bee.  State and city officials duck for cover when Leadette I parachutes in to help them.  By the 8th strip in the series Leadette I is declared a public nuisance.  Like Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, who could also become part of the "Leadettes," Leadette I refuses to resign from this lofty mission.  The battle of good and evil, only readers don't know which is which, ensues.   

If the RI SC doesn't give lead paint watchers what we consider justice, then we find tort-reform and corporate sponsors to fund the launch of "The Leadettes."  First stop: Walter Olson's office at the Manhattan Institute.  It was his blog "Pointoflaw.com" that brought "Rex Morgan, M.D." to our attention.