From: Ronn Blankenship > OTOH, some people say that the only way to get the message across to a huge > company which has sold a defective product which has injured someone is by
> hitting them in the pocketbook with a large enough monetary award to > actually hurt them, and $10,000 or even $100,000 may be only a drop in the > bucket to the company. I've been told that almost every product safety advance in recent history was made due to a lawsuit, not due to the kind-heartedness of the corporation that makes it. - jmh
