[Phantom Lord]

The prospect of being hit with a 5 or 6 figure bill if you lose will keep many suits from being filed in the first place.

The legal system really has become a lottery. Everyone is suing for anything and everything because the chance of getting paid is worth it. Especially since far to many companies are paying to just get the person to go away.

[ran15]

The legal system really has become a lottery. Everyone is suing for anything and everything because the chance of getting paid is worth it.

That is exactly it. When you look at soem of the mega jackpots, a lawyer only has to win even one in his career and he is set for life. Now really he will win more then that, say even 1 in 5, and quickly they can get very wealthy.

Like John Edwards and his 150 million dollars. Which judging by his age, how long he has was in the senate, and how long law school takes, he probably accumulated in about 10 years of lawsuits.

[ccmay]

The prospect of being hit with a 5 or 6 figure bill if you lose will keep many suits from being filed in the first place.

Not just loser-pays, but loser-lawyer-pays too. If he was going to skim off 33% of the award, he ought to have to pay 33% of the costs out of his own bulging pockets. Filth.

-ccm