The good part of this post is a link to a little story involving a trip to the liquor store by Mike Rowe. I celebrity that I actually have some respect for. But here is my rant anyway...lol
I have always felt strongly that 80% or so of our financial problems in general with our economy are not really perpetuated by stock brokers, bankers, embezzlers or even the idiots at the FED. I think about it every time I see one of those billboards "Hit by a big rig? CALL 1-800-555-GREED" Slime & Sleazebag Law Firm. Every time those commercials come on tv..."did you take viagra, asthma medicine, sleeping pills or every work at a job of any dang kind that actually built anything? Funds are available call now!!!" It may be simplistic on my part but think about how much the Doctor, the hospital, pay in malpractice (lawsuit protection" insurance, or the the chainsaw manufacturer, ladder company, the folks who made your car (ok they are self insured) but believe me its figured in the price you pay. It makes me sick to my stomach to listen to certain politicians rant and rave about the insurance companies fixing rates, and the drug manufactures ripping everyone off. I guess there minds cannot focus on a train of thought for more then a minute or two cause the root cause is actually litigation, crooked and stupid Judges...awarding ridiculous settlements and setting ridiculous precedents for the next scumbag to use in the next case. Why do you get an dictionary sized booklet of warning pages in small print when you go get your blood pressure medicine at the pharmacy??? That is one set of attorneys trying to protect the pharmacy and the drug manufacture from another set of attorneys looking for the next big score. It is a relentless silly game played out daily, totally wasting our judicial resources and our tax dollars. Taking large sums of cash for a few, and putting others out of business or out of work. Every single thing you buy from a loaf of bread to a can of paint is affected by this, and we all just sit back and accept it like it is normal life and it's ok.
Do not get me wrong on this though; There are many lawsuits that are just causes, where companies or individuals knowingly and with intent let situations occur that caused great harm to others. However you cannot replace a life with an agreed monetary figure, nor can you get your health back. There needs to be some limits, some restraint and just plain sanity injected into the legal system in this area by trainloads. Nothing is ever going to be perfect, no amount of R&D is going to perfectly guarantee every drug, or surgery, roadway or vehicle is perfectly safe. It simply is not possible. To get on a plane is a risk, to eat at a restaurant is a risk, to cut an apple with a knife is a risk, to lick an envelope seal it and walk to the mailbox is a risk. Right now in America it is perfectly legitimate to sue everyone for the slightest injury or even perceived inconvenience for that matter. Hell I guess I better call an Attorney so I can sue the heck out of the weatherman, he said it was going to be sunny this morning and when I got up a seen a few clouds and it just bummed me out...that sum biscuit owes ME!!! Rant over
Mike Rowe's encounter with litigating crotch wipes at the store:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/24/after-mike-rowe-had-a-disagreement-with-a-lawyer-at-a-liquor-store-he-went-home-and-wrote-this-scathing-facebook-post/