Phrases I absolutely can't stand

CedarBuck92 said:
I think its a combination of "it happened once so we need a rule" and doing everything to not get sued.
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I wish there was some movement by people smarter than me to somehow limit or do away with frivolous lawsuits. So much of the things we do is in fear or legal action, and many times all the person looks for is a settlement. That's not justice, it's blackmail.

I get that it's a free country and we need to have the ability to act freely as part of our checks and balances. A person can be sued at anytime, by anybody, no questions asked. Some ambulance chasing lawyers even make deals were the person doesn't have to pay unless they get a settlement? That's nuts.
 
14Red said:
I wish there was some movement by people smarter than me to somehow limit or do away with frivolous lawsuits. So much of the things we do is in fear or legal action, and many times all the person looks for is a settlement. That's not justice, it's blackmail.
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Extortion probably the more correct term but no it isn't. Not when the damages barely hit the bottom line of the corp/insurance being sued. It's working both ways where insurance is not holding up their end and daring the less resource available to challenge. Their number one hires are statistics people. If they get to play the game, they get to lose the game.

You see any of their profits going down? It's their job to know the game as it is the contingency lawyers that take the cases. They both win the game or they've moved on to some other game. You're focused on the rare wins/settlements out of all possible cases that could have been filed, if the "victim" had been knowledgeable and of the fortitude to try.

Attempts to cap damages would have to come with government taking on a wider role of civil litigation to make that avenue more available to "victims" with fewer resources or will. Now not just the criminal courts are jammed.
 
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