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Originally Posted by Fazor
There's nothing wrong with your response, and to be honest, that's how I feel aswell. But that's a personal opinion that's not shared by everyone.
I'm not a fan of settlements above and beyond the actual loss to the victim. Problem with severe injuries or deaths is, how do you know what the actual loss is?
And to answer your earlier question, "Why are citizens allowing it?"...I don't know. It's very frustrating to me...many people when engaged in these discussions will agree that frivolous lawsuits or exorbitant settlements are rediculous...yet come the day of the trial, the jury still awards the money (and yes, these decisions are made by jury).
It's a "Hey, what can I get from who?" sense of entitlement that I see very, very (very) often, and I hate it. Though who am I to preach, I've never been in a position where I had the possibility of a lot of money, so it's easy for me to say I'd pass on the opportunity.
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Yes, exactly, and frankly- it tires me out even thinking about it.
I look at my baby boy- I wonder what kind of mess he's growing up into?
Will he have to live in fear of lawsuits and oppression?
I grew up as a child- under very unique conditions. Most people do not understand in this day and age- what it means to be free.
They sit in their houses with their Air Conditioners and their television sets... They are not free.
Many seem willing to me to sacrifice their freedom to maintain the security of that Air conditioner and television set.
I'm not rambling like a crazy man here.
I have experienced freedom- natural, wild and free. And I'd give anything to get it back. But I can't. I'm not free- I'm a part of "society" now- bound to it like slave.
I don't have a clue what the weatherman says the forecast is for this week.
And the amusing part is- I gotta go head out and work now...
Keep my hands in sight at all times. Drive like granny. Watch every word I say ever so carefully... I might offend some poor soul. Or get accused or get sued...
But before I go- I will tell a BigDon Style Plumbing story.
Plumber here that worked for Fox Services Company.
He received a call for a Water Heater. While working on the heater, he noticed the ventilation at the top was not to code and offered the homeowner, a lady, an estimate to repair it. She signed off on the invoice that she was declining repair and that she understood that the not to code vent could trap COČ in her home.
Three days later, she was dead of COČ inhalation. That plumber was right to warn her!
So what happened? They family filed. Ken Odin, the prosecute at that time, filed Charges for..
FIRST DEGREE MURDER against the plumber.
Went to his office and took him away in handcuffs.
He lost his job, house, wife and kids moved off (She didn't know what to think, she was told her husband murdered a lady customer- took the kids and went home to momma.) -he lost his life too. PUNISHED. Over WHAT!?!
Eventually, Odin dropped the charges and the poor man was released from jail, an emotional Wreck of course.
So sorry. Have a snickers and go away.