- Respirator manufacturers spent 90% of their income defending themselves against hundreds of thousands of shotgun lawsuits, though they haven’t lost one.
- The bait and switch of “abstinence” education
- One reason for high gas prices on the East Coast: junk-science MBTE cases.
- Chrysler liable when unattended toddler shifts van (with key left in ignition) out of park and falls out of car.
- “Please don’t feed the trial lawyers”
- Sadly, Joe Jamail’s deposition video is no longer on YouTube, but there are always the anecdotes. Update: back on YouTube as of Jan. 8
- 14 years, $14.5M; 14 minutes, $1.2M plus punitives. Who says non-economic damages aren’t irrational?
- Prop 65: “shaking down the defendants for ubiquitous trivia”
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
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