{"id":289,"date":"2004-11-29T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2004-11-29T18:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=289"},"modified":"2009-04-12T18:56:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T22:56:37","slug":"stupid-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/11\/29\/stupid-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overlawyered: Jim Butler wins $105M verdict in Chrysler seat litigation<\/a><\/p>\n

Somehow, some way, we MUST stop suing one another over every little thing. America has become a dangerously litigious society, and the number of frivolous lawsuits is only increasing. <\/p>\n

It’s been suggested that taking an approach similar to what is done in the U.K. would work well – that is, if you sue some one, and you loose (i.e., the suit you brought forth was probably frivolous) then YOU are responsible for the defendant’s legal fees. <\/p>\n

Contrast this with how the system is currently set up – you can hire a (for example) Personal Injury lawyer and not pay ANYTHING unless you win money in a judgment. If you loose – you don’t pay anything, which just encourages frivolous lawsuits. (I’m sure some of you have seen ads on TV for lawyers like this – it makes me sick sometimes!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is just one person’s take on the situation. As always, read and make up your own <\/em>mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow, some way, we MUST stop suing one another over every little thing. America has become a dangerously litigious society, and the number of frivolous lawsuits is only increasing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-4F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":729,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/04\/19\/apple-makes-little-girl-cry\/","url_meta":{"origin":289,"position":0},"title":"Apple Makes Little Girl Cry","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"In California, nine-year old Shea O'Gorman wrote a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggesting changes that she thought might improve the iPod. 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