求问这题为啥选B？

青槐

The contingency-fee system, which allows lawyers and their clients to agree that the lawyer will be paid only in the event of success, does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors. As attorneys must cover the costs for their time and research,  they want to be assured that any medical malpractice case they accept on a contingency-fee basis has substantial merit. Consequently, attorneys turn away many people who come to see them, for lack of a good case.

The argument above is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it fails to

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specify the criteria attorneys use to judge the merits of a medical malpractice case

consider whether, in the absence of a contingency-fee option, even people with meritorious cases are much less likely to initiate litigation if they believe they might incur large legal fees

note whether, in successful medical malpractice lawsuits, the average monetary award after legal costs have been deducted is less under contingency-fee arrangements than otherwise

consider the effect of the contingency-fee system on the number of lawsuits sought for reasons other than medical malpractice

acknowledge the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance

小法克Kevin

抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。

The contingency-fee system, which allows lawyers and their clients to agree that the lawyer will be paid only in the event of success, does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors. As attorneys must cover the costs for their time and research, they want to be assured that any medical malpractice case they accept on a contingency-fee basis has substantial merit. Consequently, attorneys turn away many people who come to see them, for lack of a good case.

Argument的结构是:

(作者大结论 Contingency这个系统 – (案子只有赢了律师才有钱拿) – 是不会给律师多(increase)带来医生Malpractice案子的。

为什么这么说呢?-argue过程如下:

∵ 在Contingency系统下，律师需要承担所有开销，需要确定Malpractice案子有胜算才会接。

∴ (Consequently小结论 律师因为没有胜算的案子而拒绝了很多来找他们的委托人。

B. consider whether, in the absence of a contingency-fee option, even people with meritorious cases are much less likely to initiate litigation if they believe they might incur large legal fees

B选项：没考虑到一种情况，什么情况呢？即，在没有Contingency选项的时候，甚至有委托人有好的案子也会选择不起诉（如果他们觉得要打官司可能要花好多钱的话）。

这句话翻译成人话就是：你没考虑到一个原因，没有Contingency的时候，有些人案子虽然好，但是他怕花钱，他就不打官司。【所以你律师malpratice的案子无法增加，但这时候跟Contingency没关系。B选项引出了他因，削弱了结论】

最后贴个OG的官方解释：

Official Explanation

Argument Evaluation

This question asks us to identify the best criticism of this argument among the given answer choices.

Based on the premise that attorneys will turn away many potential clients who are not likely to win their cases, the argument concludes that a contingency-fee system does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors.

In order to understand the argument more fully, we would need to consider whether the alternative to a contingency-fee system—a system wherein a client pays the attorney's fees regardless of outcome—makes it less likely that a potential client would bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor.

B. Correct. This claim suggests that in the absence of a contingency-fee option, potential clients might hesitate to bring to court even lawsuits with merit. This suggests that there might actually be fewer meritorious malpractice lawsuits against doctors without the contingency-fee option. This would result in an overall reduction in the number of malpractice lawsuits against doctors, which substantially weakens the conclusion.

青槐

小法克Kevin 发表于 2019-10-13 16:18
抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。

The contingency-fee system, which  ...

同意！               

青槐

小法克Kevin 发表于 2019-10-13 16:18
抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。

The contingency-fee system, which  ...

同意！               

jcstan888

小法克Kevin 发表于 2019-10-13 16:18
抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。

The contingency-fee system, which  ...

求advance的pdf

杀鸡小能手鸭

我觉得这个B项属于一个典型的unforeseen consequences的错误，他没有考虑到潜在的side effect, 即不提供contingency fee的选择时，即使有潜在胜诉可能的案子也不会去打。

神风特攻

小法克Kevin 发表于 2019-10-13 16:18
抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。

The contingency-fee system, which  ...

请问一下大佬，官方解释是从哪里得来的呀？有没有电子版可以分享一下呢

van7要考650

这道题我还是不太明白，解析也没明白。 b选项说是没有这个option的时候，考虑到费用，很多人直接不起诉了。那么有了这个option，人们应该不用考虑费用，那么起诉应该增加了，结论就是错的对吧。 但是答案解析他最后来了这么一句，this suggests that there might actually be fewer meritorious malpractice lawsuits against doctors without the contingency-fee option.（没有这个option，起诉会变少） This would result in an overall reduction in the number of malpractice lawsuits against doctors, which substantially weakens the conclusion.这会导致一个总体的减少， 是什么意思呢， 不应该是导致一个总体的上升么，有这个option

驱动力

van7要考650 发表于 2019-12-4 18:37
这道题我还是不太明白，解析也没明白。 b选项说是没有这个option的时候，考虑到费用，很多人直接不起诉了。 ...

有这个option，人们还是要考虑费用（因为这个option在胜诉时还是要花钱）。答案是意思是。不管有没有这个option, 因为人们怕花钱多这事让“整体“的case减少了，所以削弱这个因为这个option的某些原因，让案子不增加这个结论。

申校小白

这道题不是在这个contingency system下讨论的吗？那么in the absence of system不是相当于在范围外吗？为什么选B