"Dudley Henriques" wrote

It's the trial lawyers. They will go after anything and everything with
deep pockets involved in an accident. They operate in conditions like
these on the premise that REGARDLESS of the appropriate and
inappropriate actions of a pilot, if one screw was out of place on the
aircraft itself, the manufacturer can be litigated for financial gain.

No question about it, we need tort reform in the USA.

That said, people have also changed.

Lawyers need plaintiffs in order to sue, and the plaintiff is the real
villain in this scenario in my opinion. If the plaintiff wasn't willing to
initiate an action simply out of greed or the promise of easy money, the
suit would never be filed.

A lawyer is a tool, and you don't blame the hammer when you hit your thumb.

BDS