we're trotting out the McDonald's coffee again? On Jan 9, 2008 5:46 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I said 10,000,000 not 10,000. If 10,000,000 is not enough to cover > 'damages' then I think there are bigger issues. I have no issue with > making > companies pay for wrong doing, but I think suing a dry cleaners for > $5,000,000 because they lost your pants or suing McDonalds because the > coffee they served you was hot and you spilled it while trying to drive > and > drink it at the same time is just a tad bit over board. > > Also, I don't think what I said would be considered 'whining'. I merely > was > trying to state that maybe our tax dollars could be better spent than > muddling through obviously frivolous lawsuits like the 3 quadrillion > dollar > lawsuit, like maybe rebuilding the levees the right way. But I guess its > better that we cower to these lawsuits than actually try to fix the > problem. > > Anyone who willingly (key word there is WILLINGLY) lives in a coastal city > that is, on average, 6 feet below sea level and has their house flooded > will > get no sympathy from me and should only be able to sue Mother Nature for > their losses. > > On Jan 9, 2008 7:12 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what happens when the damages inflicted are over $10,000? It seems to me > > what this would do is tilt the courts (which are already biased towards > > money interests) towards whomever has the most money. > > > > All a corporation or a very rich person would have to do is to keep > > delaying until its no longer worth trying to sue them. Consider the > victims > > of some massive environmental damage suit, all what the company would > have > > to do is delay and delay. > > > > >OK, how is this for a solution. > > > > > >No matter what the injury/travesty/emotional scarring or whatever other > > >'injury' you want to label it, a person can sue for no more than > $10,000, > > >000.00, unless it is a child under the age of 18, then you can sue for > > >$20,000,000. But, if you lose, you have to pay the person you were > suing > > >the amount you tried to get from them. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250385 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
