It's a shame because as we also noted in our letter to Safer, «In the 1980s, 60 Minutes engaged in some ground - breaking journalism with correspondent Ed Bradley and producer David Gelber that exposed myths about juries and the civil justice system, which were then and continue to be perpetuated
by the
insurance industry, drug companies, tobacco companies, medical
lobbies and other special interests seeking to limit their liability from lawsuits.»
The government is inevitably heavily
lobbied by the
insurance industry, the NHS and local authorities, all of whom are often defending catastrophic injury claims.