Fifteen of the kind of frivolous lawsuits that make you want to rip your hair out... including the guy who sued the family of the kid he ran over in his car, the A-student who sued to get an A+, and of course the inmate who tried to sue himself for $5 million.
Two well-meaning teenage girls in Durango, Colorado decided one summer night to bake cookies for their neighbors. They packaged the baked treats in plastic wrap with a heart-shaped message wishing the recipients a good night. When they knocked at the door of Wanita Renea Young, however, the woman became so terrified that someone was outside her house at 10:30 PM that she suffered an anxiety attack and successfully sued the girls for $930 to cover a trip to the emergency room.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by fishkins.
Especially #1. He should be shot on principle alone.
that'll teach you to bake cookies.
That old women was trying to teach you a lesson that a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen. How dare you bake cookies in today's society?!?!?!?!
(/sarcasm)
As much as I hate frivilous lawsuits, the problem with 'loser pays costs' it that it turns justice into gambling game and favors those who can affort to take the risk. Obviously some people with valid cases will lose.
We can't come to a point where people have a valid reason to sue, but don't because they can't afford to take the chance. Then justice will only be for the rich.
As for the comment of the loser paying all the court costs, you have no idea how the financing of our legal system works, and if you had your way, your health insurance / car insurance / home insurance would never pay for anything ever, as if they don't dispute everything now. They love to take your premiums, but they'll file a lawsuit if you ever actually try to collect on your insurance.
One time I almost wreaked into another car going around a corner when a biker was riding against traffic on the road without any lights going around a corner that had no room for a bike on the edge. I ended up swerving almost hitting the car next to me.
Josh, I have to disagree with you, simply because children are children, and adults are adults, and children shouldn't have to die because they aren't capable of the same reasoning an adult would have.
Yes, children should know better, but we forgive them up to a certain age for plenty of things.
But still being under 18 his parent could be part to blame for not providing him with the safety equipment.