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Spinoff: Sue Happy Society
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:45 am
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:45 am
Reading the thread about the kid carrying the girl to the nurse had me thinking. When did people in this country start becoming so sue happy? What allowed for any offense to be cause for suing?
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:47 am to NorthShoreTiger44
Cue the "good old days" crowd that longs for a time when your recourse for losing an arm at work was to learn to sweep with one arm.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:52 am to Artie Rome
Say what you want. But it's true. When I was 5 I had the cops called on me for walking through my neighbors yard. And then she proceeded to press charges. That was the beginning of a very lengthy battle with her and my family. For years she would call the cops on us for frivolous things like barking dogs and footballs/basketballs going in her yard.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:54 am to NorthShoreTiger44
Laziness + Abundance of lawyers + wussification +lack of personal responsibility = 
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:55 am to NorthShoreTiger44
quote:
When did people in this country start becoming so sue happy?
the 90's
quote:
What allowed for any offense to be cause for suing?
too many attorneys
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:58 am to NorthShoreTiger44
quote:
What allowed for any offense to be cause for suing?
Entitlement + laziness + liberals + Obama = America
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:12 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
participation trophies
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:30 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
quote:money happened. People have stuff and people want stuff.
When did people in this country start becoming so sue happy? What allowed for any offense to be cause for suing?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:30 pm to CherryGarciaMan
quote:
Laziness + Abundance of lawyers + wussification +lack of personal responsibility
Bingo. There was a time where attorneys could not advertise. Now, it's hard to go 10 minutes without seeing a plaintiff's lawyer's ad/commercial. Many (not all) of the adds portray filing a lawsuit as akin to winning some kind of grand prize. The least accountable of us are happy to oblige and look at lawsuits a just a way to "earn a living". Plaintiff's attorney's are more than happy to work up even the smallest of injury cases into much larger value cases (including using certain "plaintiff's doctors" who will give any opinion the plaintiff's counsel wants so long as it will help raise the value of the case). Elected judges are beholden to many of the trial attorneys that helped get them elected and it ultimately leads to big business for all.
Don't buy the sob stories that people just want to be "made whole" for their loss. They want to be made rich, and being a plaintiff is potentially an easy, relatively risk-free (for the plaintiff, not his attorney) way to do it.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:48 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
well Louisiana's cause of action probably dates back to Roman times
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:49 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
quote:
Say what you want. But it's true. When I was 5 I had the cops called on me for walking through my neighbors yard. And then she proceeded to press charges.
for the record, this has nothing to do with lawsuits
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:53 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yes but what about punitive damages. That has to be a big factor.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:55 pm to NorthShoreTiger44
people nowadays just want something for nothing.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:55 pm to Tiger Ryno
don't exist in LA for the most part. i think they were gutted in foster's tort reform of the 90s
and yeah if people think it's crazy now, all the old lawyers tell me it was absolutely insane in the 80s
and yeah if people think it's crazy now, all the old lawyers tell me it was absolutely insane in the 80s
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
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punitive damages.
Very Very uncommon in Louisiana, despite people bitching about it nearly constantly.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:59 pm to SlowFlowPro
Has to do with her being a b****. But the point is she was able to sue for trespassing on a 5 year old kid
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:00 pm to SlowFlowPro
I don't see any point in suing if I can't go for punitive damages.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:04 pm to Alt26
Do insurance companies and industry bear any fault for the current state of affairs?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:08 pm to boosiebadazz
yes
they need to take more cases to jury trial
they need to take more cases to jury trial
Posted on 1/26/16 at 1:10 pm to Alt26
quote:I feel awful for those poor defense attorneys who can't find a Dr. to give any opinion they want to devalue a case
including using certain "plaintiff's doctors" who will give any opinion the plaintiff's counsel wants so long as it will help raise the value of the case
quote:I feel equally bad about the poor defense attorneys who are unable to participate in campaign donations.
Elected judges are beholden to many of the trial attorneys that helped get them elected
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