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Originally posted by Zillini
Quite frankly I'm sick and tired of these sorts of lawsuits (referring to all the stories mentioned, not just the original). When did we as a society completely do away with personal responsibility? I don't know how to drink responsibly, so I get blotto at your party and do something stupid to myself or someone else. Hey, it's not my fault! It's yours! You provided the alcohol. You should have been babysitting me!
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All this garbage out there where people are getting multi-million dollar settlements because they are stupid and brought it on themselves. Then there are folks who have a legit injury claims and they get tossed out on technicalities or some other BS reason.
/rant
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We've got accept part of the blame. For every stupid million-dollar settlement, there is a stupid jury of our peers who make the decision.
Any attempts to limit awards brings out the cry babies (probably financed by trial laawyers), and they find some case somewhere where a poor single mother only got $10,000 to raise her five kids.