If you listened only to corporate-based rhetoric, you would get the following impressions about individuals who sue organizations:
- Frivolous lawsuits are out of control, and too many huge verdicts are being awarded to individuals who spill coffee on themselves and the like.
- There are too many individuals- including employees, consumers, injured persons and attorneys- who are “extortionists,” and are filing frivolous lawsuits to look for a quick (and large) buck.
- “Tort reform,” and restricting individuals’ access to the legal system, is needed, or else businesses may not financially survive.
As someone who works with individuals bringing legal claims, I see many problems with these concepts, which mischaracterize the state of the world as I experience it.
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