At what point would you sue?

I would sue if my family or myself are victim or any malpractice or attack. There are lawyers who are taking cases per winning percentage when they know that client has 90% chance to win...

Some of the frivolous lawsuits I see make me laugh...except when these people actually get paid! Then I'm speechless. The trouble is, large companies frequently find it cheaper to settle that to litigate. That only fuels more frivolous lawsuits. I'm in a class action suit against a company (national) that I used to work for. Employees were required to work over an hour or two/day OFF the clock in order to keep their jobs. I figure at some point I'll get a $1 check in the mail... My husband is in a malpractice suit from before I met him. Due to mistakes done by a local dentist, my husband coded twice in OR and had to have part of his lung removed. Ultimately, my husband probably won't see anything for his efforts, while some one who carelessly spills coffee on themselves get a tidy sum....

My first husband's step dad was beaten in a nursing home, and it was covered up. My mother in law thought it was not Christian to sue. Until they went back on their promise to pay all medical bills incurred by this happening, broken ankle, broken ribs, etc. Still, she could not do it. She, and the rest of the brothers, appointed the youngest brother as guardian, and he did it.I agree that too many people, even kids, threaten to sue for stupid reasons. I was a bus driver, and some rather rowdy kids were trying to get me to play chicken on some country roads with an oncoming driver. Then they said, "If we get hurt, our parents will sue." and I just calmly said, "If we have an accident and I get hurt I will sue your parents for raising children who are out of control." That was the last I heard of that "joke".

I got sued, but she didn't have a leg to stand on. Ended up going on Judge Alex (never shown) but since she had all her bills paid by Medicaid she wasn't out a red cent. Since the show was already out all the $$ to bring us down to be filmed, and I didn't want $$, just so that the case was dismissed with prejudgist, they heard it and found for me.

HI AMBIE, I have never sued anyone & have never had anyone sue me, thank heavens. I am like u there is too much of that going on. I just have never believed in doing that. When i had the aneurysm my boys thought i had a good case againist two local hospitals & i guess i did but that's just not my way of doing.

I don't know, I guess it would really depend on the situation. I have not sued anyone before or been sued.

Nope I have never had a lawsuit against anyone for any reason especially to sue them. I have never had a lawsuit against me either. Yeah I can imagine that their insurance bills are mighty steep in case they get sued.

The only time I have ever sued is when I was involved in a car accident and got hurt But again there was no Court or anything it was done through Solicitors I really do not know I guess it would really have to be drastic before I would sue someone, as you say to many petty Lawsuits are happening today because it is made so easy for People to sue for minor things

I confess that this suing people left and right - specially for the frivolous lawsuits - is something that really upsets me. Don't know what upsets me the most, if the people that sue, if the lawyers that accept the job, or even the court that allows such cases to continue. As you say, this only makes it more difficult for the people that do have legitimate reasons to sue and makes the fact that one can sue someone for wrongdoing so much like a joke I forget to even laugh. I was never sued nor did I sue anybody, which is fine, because as you also point out, the bills are out of this world if one looses.

I have never sued anyone......I am not saying that I wouldn't...if someone tried to claim something I had written....I would be mad enough to sue....but for something frivilous like spilling hot coffee on myself.....or being overweight and suing a restraunt? nope.....too many people now days don't take responsibility for themselves and it's only to line their own pockets that they do this....

It does seem to be a sue happy society we live in these days. I had a friend sue her doctor for taking sick leave!!! Why? Because it meant she had to accept an appointment that clashed with her social life, and if she didn't go out partying all night on a Friday, she was really mean! Thankfully, she was laughed out of court! I've also known people to sue for slippery floors, even though there has been a sign up saying CAUTION: THE FLOOR IS WET AND SLIPPERY. The rediculous thing is they were successful, even though the warning was there in front of them. Another friend was screwed over by her fertility specialist, but when she sued him, she lost, even though he caused her to become completely infertile! She was only using ivf because her husbands sperm count was low, and they needed the extra help, and now, she can't have a baby at all.

I was watching Dr. Phil one day and saw something that I thought was very silly to sue about. A guy sued his girlfriend because she got pregnant. The whole thing was that she had gotten pregnant but had said she couldn't as she was on birth control pills. Well They had a son, but the father didn't want anything to do with it, saying she had tricked him. In any case, That's my example of a stupid case. I can't think of anything I'd sue for, or why, and no I haven't sued anyone or been sued!

the only horror thing i see is people are dying at home without enough money to pay the medicine bill.though they hard work in all their life.but i regard it as usual since can do nothing.

A lot of times there is more to a story than the news actually reports. Remember when that lady sued McDonalds because her coffee was hot and she spilled it on herself? Turns out, it was during a free coffee refills promotion so the manager instructed employees to keep the temperature several degrees higher than it should be so that people sip slower and don't get as many free refills. She actually had 2nd degree burns from that coffee. It wasn't simply a matter of her spilling hot coffee.

never sued anyone in my life, that practice is not that common here where I live, and to sue is only good if the people have the money to pay, otherwise it is a waste of time

I had to go to a case. I got sued one time because my job took me to court for getting unemployment. I won it by the time they did this I had another job. A year later the company that took me to court for this ended up closing down. I have worked there for over 2 years. I got fired for being late to work and I missed more then i should have I admit to that but at the same time I had been there for over a year and I needed some help untill I found another job.

A lot of the lawsuits any more are class action law suits, there is a site on here called lawsuits and judgments, 99 % of them are class action, which brings big bucks to the attorneys and very little to the person who was injured. Even when you have a legit law suit against someone like we did the company where my husband was hurt on the job because they did not have the equipment to do the job as it should be done and the men were required to life huge amounts of weight, the attorney gets most of the money. Thousands of minutes in phone calls, papers being sent by carrier across town, seems it would be cheaper to fax a paper to them. There are some law suits that come out good for who ever was hurt but you have to find a lawyer that is working for you and not to fill his pocket.

God morning AmbiePam, Let me tell you a little storie from real life. My son had some problem with another boy, he had a brother, and one evening when my son was biking,he came home and was very upset. This brother had hit him in the face for no reason. I said should we cal the polise, and my son said no, it will be wors if we do. But a couple of days later, a poliseman, phoned me and asked me about this event. And said to me why we did not reported it. I said, my son did not wanted to becouse of fear of escelate this problem. This policeman said, we should report it so we did. Later on, there was a day in court and the boy was find guilty and my son got some funds for it. Now, I was not to keen to sue, however, it worked and my son had the experience of the legal system really works.

I have never sued anyone before and I would think twice before doing so because for a start if I lost I would have to pay hefty legal bills and also if the reason was not a serious one I could not live with the idea, in other words I would not sue just to make some money. I agree with you and I would only resort to a lawsuit for a very valid and serious reason and someone’s life being endangered is certainly good cause in my opinion. I think suing has become a bit of a trend in some places. There have been ridiculous ones like the overweight person who sued MacDonald's...