If the exorbitant out-of-pocket cost of lawsuits for personal injury and other wrongful acts fails to cause extreme apprehension about the direction the U.S. legal system is moving, consider the adverse impact the proliferation of litigation has had on the character of Americans doing the suing, as well as those who fear being sued –…
In today’s litigious society, it is an almost certainty that everyone knows someone who has battled through some legal obstacle. Another almost certainty is that, with tens of thousands of civil lawsuits filed every day, chances are your turn is coming, if it hasn’t already happened. Why is this so? Why has litigation increased so…
Class action lawsuits are where the real money lies in the U.S. tort system! In general, a class action is a lawsuit where many people with similar complaints join together to sue one person, company or other organization. Some call it the predator-attorney’s weapon of mass destruction. Without a doubt, the biggest contributor to the…
Court reform is as important as tort reform in returning justice to America’s civil justice system. Judges must remember that courts are places were injured people can be compensated for wrongs done to them— not where opportunists can strike it rich! Unless judges get back in the business of judging the merit of cases instead…