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Originally Posted by ChrisSportsFan

An Attourney was on the radio this morning and he said that they teach them in school to "cast their nets as wide as they can". The more you catch in the net the better, then as the case proceeds, you begin releasing those who it appears you will not be a ble to charge. To me this seems incredibly unfair that innocent people have to incure unnecessary legal expenses.

That's what counter-suits are for.

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Originally Posted by BayStateRef

This is one of the great urban legends that will not go away.

Here are the facts of the case:
There is a lot of hype about the McDonalds' scalding coffee case. No one is in favor of frivolous cases of outlandish results; however, it is important to understand some points that were not reported in most of the stories about the case. McDonalds coffee was not only hot, it was scalding -- capable of almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh and muscle. Here's the whole story.

Source: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

BayStateRef, thanks for sharing this great article about McDonalds.

Maybe, just maybe, this clown should be sued for clogging up the court system with frivolous lawsuits. Wait, a minute. That...would be...another...frivolous lawsuit! D'OH!

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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Maybe, just maybe, this clown should be sued for clogging up the court system with frivolous lawsuits. Wait, a minute. That...would be...another...frivolous lawsuit! D'OH!

What our legal establishment needs is a loser pay system. The losing party should be required to pay all of the legal expenses for the winning party. This would unclog our courts of a lot of these ridiculous lawsuits and reduce our insurance premiums.

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Originally Posted by Indianaref

First of all in many cases the loser does pay legal fees of the winning side based on what the lawsuit is about. If you are suggesting that only a lawsuit that is thrown out should have the person that brought the lawsuit that is not likely going to happen either. For one lawsuits are so that the average person without a lot of money can bring a case. Many times it is not about the money.

Also in a bigger picture, I realize that everyone wants to jump down the throats of this father. Unless have lost a child you do not know the grief that might entail. Just because he brings a lawsuit does not mean all of them would not be thrown out. He might have a better case against the bar owner than the other parties he is suing. There is case law that suggests that the bar can be held responsible for these kinds of things when they over serve customers and people are hurt in the process. I think the family is grief stricken and they want someone to blame. I do not entirely blame them for doing something, but it might be misdirected. I also do not know why anyone really cares in the end it this one case is not going to change the legal system that drastically.

Peace