Re: The Boy Scout suit thing - a few random thoughts in my head. One, I wonder how many “victims” are actually victims. Consider the Duke LaCross team episode. Sometimes, people lie for personal gain at someone else’s expense.
Second - class action suits seem to always favor the legal teams and seldom the plaintiff. My friend works in a small vehicle lemon law office. She works on individual litigations for situations when the vehicle manufacturer doesn’t bring relief for a specific situation where relief is due (or at least arguably due). When a big law firm takes on a class action, her potential clients are pulled into the class action suit through no action of their own (must opt out) and are seldom given true compensation for the repair of their defective vehicle.
An example of a class action suit - say brand XYZ’s low-end compact car has a transmission defect whereby the car, while in “drive”, tends to roll backwards or not engage in drive as would be expected. An individual could use the state’s lemon law to get retribution, whether it’s a repair or a replacement of the transmission with an updated version that doesn’t have that problem. Enter the “class action” - the person is automatically drawn into the class action suit and loses all rights to litigate on there own, and probably doesn’t even know this. As for retribution, they might get a $100 coupon for their next service or a new vehicle. Total scam IMHO.
I do indeed believe there are many false accusations for the money....same as the Cathlolic scandal....
does not mean that there weren't perverts in these organizations...perverts go to the where the potential victims hang out........
after all is said and done, knowing what we know about the cabal/satanist/pedophilia/etc.....MOST people are not perverted...there is not a bogey man behind every tree, at least I hope not....I don't see it in my 67yrs of life...
Class action law suits are a big scam that mostly benefits the lawyers prosecuting the case. For example, the tobacco law suit; millions of people have a potential grievance -- BUT, the lawyers cannot bring suit against the tobacco companies because they do not have legal standing. The lawyers need 'victims' to sign on to the class action lawsuit. THAT gives the lawyers standing - they represent grieved parties seeking recompense.
The tobacco suit was settled for more than a billion dollars as I remember. The attorneys figured up their extensive working hours and expenses, which came to a considerable portion of the total settlement. 'Victims' complained that the attorneys took the bulk of the settlement, leaving them too little as the grieved parties.
My son once participated in a class action suit. He received something like $16. That is the sad truth of most class action suits : the attorneys benefit the most.