ZZZooommm rant latest

In article , "Eric Miller"
writes:


We definitely need some kind of tort reform.
Americans have a lottery mentality regarding civil suits, both as plaintiffs
and jurors... and the jackpots keep getting bigger and bigger.

I quite literally has become a legal lottery. File enough lawsuits against
enough companies and you will eventually hit a winner. The costs of filing are
next to nothing so there is no incentive to not go for it.

I still think the loser of a lawsuit should pay all court and legal costs,
though I understand the downside of that too (from a recent post here).

I agree completely. The loser and their lawyers should have to pay the court
costs and the costs for the opposition attorney and other expenses.

At a bare minimum, plaintiffs should only be able to sue for actual damages.
If punitive damages must be awarded, do something useful with them. Apply
them to safety reform, quality assurance... or just pay down the national
debt.

The lawyers will NEVER allow that idea to grow. They stand to make too much
off the current system to allow any major changes. We are trying to put a cap
on non-economic damages in lawsuits here in Texas right now and you should see
how much money the lawyers are pouring into defeating it.

As a last resort, BURN the money... whatever it takes to keep it out of the
hands of the lawyers and plaintffs.
Suits are for redressing wrongs, not a reward for either lack or personal
responsiblity or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Eric "I'm too young to be this old"

Agree.



Bob Reed
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KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

"RobertR237" wrote in message
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In article , "Eric
Miller"
writes:


We definitely need some kind of tort reform.
Americans have a lottery mentality regarding civil suits, both as
plaintiffs
and jurors... and the jackpots keep getting bigger and bigger.

I quite literally has become a legal lottery.

You HAS?

So many lawyer wannabes, so little time to slap them around.

In article , "Larry Smith"
writes:


I quite literally has become a legal lottery.

You HAS?

So many lawyer wannabes, so little time to slap them around.



I capt'n, I given it all she got and if'n I could learn to type on this damn
laptop i mightn of typed "It quite literally has..... :-)



Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

"C.D. Damron" wrote in message
news:FgU6b.285959$cF.88797@rwcrnsc53...

If you think that every out-of-court settlement is an admission of
negligence or responsibility, you are an idiot.

Now you're boring me, son. Go, play in the sandbox all you want. Enjoy.

Juan

In article , "Juan E Jimenez"
writes:


If you think that every out-of-court settlement is an admission of
negligence or responsibility, you are an idiot.

Now you're boring me, son. Go, play in the sandbox all you want. Enjoy.

Juan



Good old Juan, snip out one sentence and make a stupid reply while ignoring all
the content and reasoning from the remainder of the post. Yes, you are
predictable and boring.

Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)