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Claiming Justice
directed by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008; produced by Jacco Doornbos, fl. 2011-2014, Eye2Eye Media (Amsterdam, North Holland: Off the Fence, 2000), 52 mins
Carlos - a Honduran construction worker - got his leg mangled in a rock crusher. He will never be able to do physical labour again. His lawyer seeks a few million dollars in damages. Barbara - an anaesthesiologist - developed severe latex allergy from the use of latex gloves. She takes medicine but could easily di...
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directed by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008; produced by Jacco Doornbos, fl. 2011-2014, Eye2Eye Media (Amsterdam, North Holland: Off the Fence, 2000), 52 mins
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Carlos - a Honduran construction worker - got his leg mangled in a rock crusher. He will never be able to do physical labour again. His lawyer seeks a few million dollars in damages. Barbara - an anaesthesiologist - developed severe latex allergy from the use of latex gloves. She takes medicine but could easily die from any exposure to latex. Her lawsuit is part of a mass tort in which hundreds of latex allergy victims join forces in one product...
Carlos - a Honduran construction worker - got his leg mangled in a rock crusher. He will never be able to do physical labour again. His lawyer seeks a few million dollars in damages. Barbara - an anaesthesiologist - developed severe latex allergy from the use of latex gloves. She takes medicine but could easily die from any exposure to latex. Her lawsuit is part of a mass tort in which hundreds of latex allergy victims join forces in one product liability case. In the United States high-risk-high-reward legal battles are as common as Big Macs. In this equation, 'contingency fee lawyers' are a special breed. No-cure-no-pay is the name of their game. They advertise at every corner of the street to find personal injury victims. If the case is won, the lawyer gets a large chunk of the pie. If not, his clients walk away free of charge. But civil law suits are also soaring in Europe. And like Americans, European victims increasingly claim financial damages for their injuries. Personal injury lawyers are flooding the European scene to help them achieve their goal. No-cure-no-pay practices are also rapidly seeping into the Old World's legal systems. Is Europe heading towards the American system? To answer this question Claiming Justice portrays two pending cases in the United States. Furthermore one European and one American expert put this into a European context.
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Field of Study
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Content Type
Documentary
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Jacco Doornbos, fl. 2011-2014, Eye2Eye Media, Rebecca Sherer, fl. 2000
Author / Creator
Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Off the Fence
Speaker / Narrator
Rebecca Sherer, fl. 2000
Topic / Theme
Wounds and injuries, Trials and litigation, Legal firms, Lawyers
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Copyright © 2000 by Off the Fence
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No Problem: Kidney Trade in India
directed by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008; produced by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008, MovieTron (Amsterdam, North Holland: Off the Fence, 1998), 45 mins
India has 80,000 cases of kidney failure every year, most needing immediate transplants. In 1995 the Indian government passed a law prohibiting commercial transplants and organ donations from anyone other than relatives, dangerously reducing the number of possible donors. In the nine years before this law came int...
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directed by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008; produced by Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008, MovieTron (Amsterdam, North Holland: Off the Fence, 1998), 45 mins
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India has 80,000 cases of kidney failure every year, most needing immediate transplants. In 1995 the Indian government passed a law prohibiting commercial transplants and organ donations from anyone other than relatives, dangerously reducing the number of possible donors. In the nine years before this law came into effect, surgeon Dr Reddy conducted 1,000 kidney transplants. They dealt with the donors in a different way than was usually the case....
India has 80,000 cases of kidney failure every year, most needing immediate transplants. In 1995 the Indian government passed a law prohibiting commercial transplants and organ donations from anyone other than relatives, dangerously reducing the number of possible donors. In the nine years before this law came into effect, surgeon Dr Reddy conducted 1,000 kidney transplants. They dealt with the donors in a different way than was usually the case. They bypassed the brokers, a fair amount was paid directly to the donor, and the donor got free medical care for 3 years following the operation. Furthermore, donors were selected not only on medical but also on psychological grounds. Due to the enforcement of the new law, Dr Reddy and his team had to stop their work. The kidney trade in India is thriving as never before, though nowadays declared illegal and therefore uncontrollable.
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Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
K. C. Reddy, fl. 1998, Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008, MovieTron, Emma Dingwall, fl. 1998
Author / Creator
Mark Aardenburg, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Off the Fence
Speaker / Narrator
Emma Dingwall, fl. 1998
Topic / Theme
Organ transplantation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 Off the Fence Distribution
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