Topic: Product Liability and Medical Malpractice Cases
Senator: Feingold
Date: SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
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FEINGOLD: On a different subject, some people blame plaintiff's lawyers for various problems with the economy and the legal profession. Do you believe that lawyers that represent injured persons in product liability and medical malpractice cases are harming America?
ROBERTS: No.
FEINGOLD: Having worked on the defense side for most of your nongovernment career, can you be fair in your rulings to plaintiffs seeking redress for injury?
ROBERTS: I'm going to disagree with your premise. I've represented plaintiffs' interests. I think if you look, for example, at the antitrust cases I've argued: more of them have been on the plaintiff's side than on the defendant's side.
One of my co-clerks when I clerked for Justice Rehnquist is a very prominent personal injury lawyer and I think he does a wonderful job.
ROBERTS: I know there are abuses in this area. There are abuses in the area of defense representation as well. I certainly don't have any biases one way or another.
FEINGOLD: Thank you, Judge.
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