Quotes
about
No-Fault
Ralph Nader, U.S. Consumer Advocate
Nader says no-fault has its own imperative...
"Even if it starts out as a partial no-fault threshold level, the pressure is to finish the job and get to total no-fault, which means virtually cutting off people's right to go to court."
He warned consumers to be wary of no-fault name changes... "Once no-fault gets a bad name, insurance executives re-name it."
"They start calling it insurance reform or injury protection plans, but no one should be fooled. If it limits your personal rights and slashes your benefits, you can be sure it's just no-fault with a new name."
"And it's the dehumanization of no-fault that is contagious into other areas of tort law, including product liability, if we don't stop it."
Margaret Birrell
CANF Spokesperson & Executive Director of
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
"Accident victims can sustain a wide range of injuries that don't involve broken bones. These injuries can cause very real, sometimes long-term, suffering. They can be debilitating. We believe that people who are injured in this manner, through no fault of their own, deserve compensation for their suffering."
Jack L. Carr
Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
"No-fault systems relieve negligent drivers of responsibility for the harm they impose on innocent victims. No-fault systems result in more high-risk drivers on the road. No-fault systems lead to high accident rates."
