Death of Common Sense

[jocko]

a good leather barbers strap will save the cost of ridalin. course thats how we do it back here in Indiana..

spare the rod spoil the child was written by some far westerner, who couldnt have kids anyhow.

[Brittanyman]

Man, don't get me started on lawyers. These class action lawsuits are an example of "ambulance chasing lawyers". Almost every class action suit ends up with the "wronged" parties getting little if anything while the lawyers make a bundle. Case in point is an e-mail that I recently received from Chambers v Weber-Stephen Products LLC Claims Administrator.
It is about a class action suit filed against the company that makes Weber grills. The lawsuit alleges that Weber violated the law by designating Weber grills and certain accessories as “Made in USA.” Weber believes that because all Weber grills and the disputed accessories are designed and engineered in the USA, and all grills save for one line are manufactured and assembled in the USA using component parts primarily made in the USA, it did nothing wrong and therefore has valid defenses to plaintiff’s claims. The court has not held a trial or ruled in favor of either party on any disputed issues. Weber and the plaintiff have agreed to settle the matter to avoid the costs of continued litigation.
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Class Members are eligible to receive a check for $2.00, $5.00, or $9.00, depending on the price they paid for the qualifying Weber product. Weber has also agreed to a permanent injunction, and, subject to Court approval, to pay the named class representative, Doug Chambers, a one-time fee of $5,000.00 to reimburse his expenses and time. Plaintiff’s Counsel will request up to $995,000.00 for attorney’s fees and costs, which Weber reserves all rights to oppose. The Court may award less than the amounts requested.
Another class action suit was filed against Honda, because someone claimed that Honda falsely advertised that the Accords had a double wishbone front suspension like its racing cars. I guess someone looked at a picture of Honda racing cars suspension, and because it was not exactly like the one on the Accord he decided to sue. By the way Honda does have a double wishbone front suspension.
Another class action suit went after a company that made ear phones for mpg players. They claimed that the company didn't provide a warning about having the volumn turned up too high while using the ear phones can damage to your hearing. Rather than take it to court, the company decided to settle out of court. The result was anyone who bought the ear phones received nothing. The company gave $250,000 to two loss of hearing organizatons. The class action lawyers were asking for over a million dollars for their expense.
There are lawyers out there who specialize in suing under the AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT. They get someone to go into a business or restaurant and look for some "violation". The lawyers then file a lawsuit against this business and suggests the business settle out of court. It is nothing but a shake down. They tried this with Clint Eastwood, suing him over his restaurant The Hogs Breath in Carmel, CA. Eastwood fought it and won only because he had the resources to do it. He later testified in a Congressional Hearing about this shake down using the ADA. But since Congress is made up of mostly lawyers, they did nothing. Look at Obamacare. If he and Congress were really concerned about cutting costs in healthcare, they would have past some form of tort reform. Politicians are in the lawyers pockets.

[jocko]

do u know what squid sh-it is.???Well that is what lawyers eat and feed off of. They many of them are bottom feeders but I do not group most lawyers in that category, as most are not civil liability lawyers.

[LaP]

do u know what squid sh-it is.???Well that is what lawyers eat and feed off of. They many of them are bottom feeders but I do not group most lawyers in that category, as most are not civil liability lawyers.

WRONG!!!

Whale S...t is the lowest form of earthly matter. As my Basic Training Instructor said "Whale s...t sinks. And there are some trenches in the ocean where the depth reaches 7 miles deep. If that whale s...t goes to the bottom of one of those trenches, it will eventually come to rest on top of YOU."

That established our place in the grand scheme of things.