How far do you think we will go with suing, and when is enough enough.
By gem4678
@gem4678 (220)
United States
July 11, 2008 6:08pm CST
I don't know about you but I am really getting fed up with people suing eachother and buisnesses for no reason. You see it everywhere you go, on tv lawyers wanting you to sue the makers of drugs for adverse reactions incurred. Now I can completely understand sueing them if there was evidence to show they had done something wrong or not tested thouroughly or falsefied tests but the fact is that if they did the best they could then they shouldn't be held responsible for the unpretictable happening. I fear the only thing that is going to happend is eventually companies are going to quit making medicines for fear of being sued and then where will we be. I don't blame those that sue really I am sure if I were in these situations I might too I just don't think it should be allowed. Then there is suing McDonalds for spilling hot coffee on yourself I will never get over that one, or the kid getting burnt on the metal slide, HELLO its hot out its metal keep your kid off. It even got to the point where people were suing (AND WINNING) over the stupidest things that a guy put a rats tail in a french fry and fed it to his kid so he could sue. Now they are suing publishers of the Bible. WOW how far does it really have to go. Is money really the only thing that matters anymore? Anyway what do the rest of you guys think of all this.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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12 Jul 08
i agree with you - we live in a 'blame' culture ... what ever happens, it has to be someone's fault (but not our own obviously). Sometimes accidents are just that; sometimes 'we' are careless or just plain stupid - as in your examples. People who have first aid skills are afraid to use them for fear that the injured person will still die and they will be held responsible even tho they did their best to save them. It may be an 'urban myth' but i read about a woman trying to dry her poodle in the microwave & then when the dog frazzled, suing the manufacturer because the instruction book didnt say she shouldn't. Unlikely but not unbelievable nowadays!!
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@gem4678 (220)
• United States
12 Jul 08
That would be crazy, your right probably not true, but a very good example of how out of hand things are. You are so right about people with first aid skills, you remind me of the incredibles my son loves that mivie anyway when mr incredible got sued for saving the guys life and causing him undo pain. Pethedic but now adays realistic. That is another fear of mine eventually if we keep doing this no one is going to want to practice medicine either. A docter in an emergency room has 5 seconds to choose between 2 treatment plans no guarantee on either but if he makes the wrong choice we don't thank him for trying we sue him for not being a physcic.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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12 Jul 08
Exactly, &, in the uk our health service is (mostly) 'free' so, presumably the compensation (or at least the insurance premiums) has to be taken out of the NHS funding meaning that the service has to make further cutbacks ... = less equipment/supplies, fewer staff etc etc.
@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
12 Jul 08
I think suing has gotten out of hand and people look for any little reason to sue a company or a person. There has been some ridiculous lawsuits in the papers and the news. There are cases were a lawsuit may be necessary to get the other person to pay for damages or for whatever they did to harm this person. Most of the cases I have heard recently are stupid reasons to sue someone and should be thrown out of court. People are doing whatever they can to make money off people without having to work or earn their money. I heard about that McDonalds case and had to laugh.
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@gem4678 (220)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Yes I agree there are things that should be sued over, people do need to be held accountable for there actions but only those that could have been controlled and were an actual wrong on that persons behalf. We talk about the stupid lawsuits how about people that go to civil court for 3-500 dollars how rediculous is that. I would think it would cost more to take the day off work and travel and pay court fees then that would be worth, but maybe its more about the principal then the actual money. Who knows I just know I've seen them on tv and just have to laugh.
@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
12 Jul 08
I feel that the lawyers and judges are the main cause of this (and of course headlines that let us read about the cases). If we never knew about "Joe" winning his lawsuit, we'd never dream of trying it ourself. I personally could never do it, but there are a lot of people suing today, and like you said winning over stupid things. I think money is becoming the only thing that people worry about, but I can't really say as though I blame them. It is so hard right now to go to work, use a good chunk of the paycheck for the fuel to get to work, and then try to pay the bills and feed the family. I understand that money (and a lot of it) is a necessary thing right now, but falsely getting it just doesn't seem right.
@gem4678 (220)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Your definatly right I completely blaim lawyers because they had to start it all and take the absolutly ridiculous case in the first place. But I do understand where the judges are coming from I read another comment somewhere the other day about how judges are afraid that if they dismiss it they could lose there job, because even though it is absolutly ridiculous, technically it qualifies under the written law. I think the problem is we need to write the laws a little more specific for our times. Laws that were written decades ago don't keep up with our way of life and our people that like to use them for there advantage knowing that is not what it meant.
@steeltownfan5828 (252)
• United States
12 Jul 08
It will go until people stop winning the rediculous lawsuits, which probably isn't going to be anytime soon. Judges take the law to the letter just to protect their jobs, even when they know they're making the wrong call.
There is a man suing grocery store chain Kroger, because he claims the the lung condition he developed was caused by eating three bags of their microwave popcorn every day for 10 years. He says he was not informed of the potential "risks" of eating that much popcorn and that he has a case to sue.
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@gem4678 (220)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Wow is about all I can say about that. That is such bull some day people like that are going to end up taking away snacks completely for everyone. Since we aren't smart enough to know that eating fatty foods can clog arteries and make us gain wait they will quit selling them if people keep suing like that. But you are right it probably won't stop until people quit winning, the government should step in and make a law about these things cause this is pethedic. Thanks for the response and have a great day.
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