ORIGINAL: desertpig
From MIKE in DC It almost sounds like we live in different countries. The benefit is HUGE. We live in a society in which folks are compensated for almost anything bad that happens to them. You may not consider that a benefit, but obviously a lot of people do. It's the difference between injured people ending up on the streets to beg, or being given $40,000 wheel chairs to stay in productive jobs. If you're looking for a harsh world where there is little government regulation, an ineffective court system, and the injured simply end up on the street or being cared by their families forever, there are many many countries to choose from. How can you be so sure you will never be injured by some company's negligence?
MIKE in DC
No wonder you live in DC. If you think for one minute that "everyone" benefits from liability suits you must be a litigator or one who sues. The only ones to benefit are the lawyers and crooked politicos and a few greedy so-called victims. 90% of lawsuits are egregious and frivolous and most of the so-called "victims" were incredibly stupid in the first place. Yeah , let's buy the McDonalds coffee spilling idiot a wheelchair because she was so stupid she put 200 degree boiling hot coffee between her legs.... , in fact, lets pay her $18 Million for it. Come on!
Can you say "TORT REFORM" ??
How can someone blame Ford for tires that were not even made by them? The tires blew due to underinflation - a condition created by the moron operating the vehicle. Ford estimates the cost of every one of their cars / trucks went up by $275 just to pay for the litigation expenses over the firestone ordeal.
This goes on every day, evey year. It is a broken record and sad state for the US.
Some people got hurt. That's life dude. Most of it was due to stupidity. I don't need to pay for it so that a few people (most of them dumb) can be safer. If I slip and fall in a puddle in the middle of wal mart - was it my fault for being too stupid to see it, or was it wal mart's? I think you know my answer. People like you would be suing wal mart.
Its bleeding heart thinking like this that is ruining this country. I suppose you would vote for Hillary.
Tort Law in the country STINKS and it is in bad need of reform.
I have to go now, I think I am going to be sick...
DP