Top 10 rediculous lawsuits for 2011

[jasonahull]

The top ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011 are:

•Convict sues couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police

•Man illegally brings gun into bar, gets injured in a fight, then sues bar for not searching him for a weapon

•Young adults sue mother for sending cards without gifts and playing favorites

•Woman disagrees with store over 80-cent refund, sues for $5 million

•Mom files suit against exclusive preschool over child's college prospects

•Man suing for age discrimination says judge in his case is too old

•Obese man sues burger joint over tight squeeze in booths

•Woman sues over movie trailer; says not enough driving in "Drive"

•Passenger's lawsuit says cruise ship went too fast and swayed from side to side

•Mother sues Chuck E. Cheese – says games encourage gambling in children

Crazy!!!

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[High Binder]

Re: Top 10 rediculous lawsuits for 2011

Anyone can sue anyone for anything, it's the outcome that is interesting and what is missing from this list.

 

[Queequeg]

Re: Top 10 rediculous lawsuits for 2011

Interesting that entry into a market is typically greeted by a reduction in price and tighter competition as the consumer of that increasingly competitive marketplace is both the arbiter and beneficiary. The existing providers of said service or good must become more efficient in order to maintain their market share while the new player must do the same or innovate in order to gain share.

Not so in the legal profession. Hourly rates and retainers seem to be commanding premiums these days with no sign that the glut of attorneys has created any reduction for the consumer since everyone's kid became an attorney.

In the lawsuit industry, the regulators are other lawyers who have become judges. As the population of attorneys grows unabated, the list of civil wrongs must be expanded to satisfy the tandem growth of the masses of parasites who lust for the windfall of a $50,000.00 nuisance settlement.

It isn't hard to understand why absurd lawsuits are filed and continue to progress through the courts rather than being summarily dismissed. And it certainly doesn't help that the insurance industry simply caves in every time they can settle for 65% of the suit, never mind that every law firm has whole business plans built on just such gutlessness on their part!

Prediction: It is no great reach to imagine that dirty looks and failure to keep dandelion seeds from blowing into your neighbor's yards will soon become actionable torts!

Clearly, all the great civil wrongs have been righted if this is what the legal profession is fighting over.