nbcrusader said:Just take away their soda and put them in sensitivity classes. Running, dodge ball, swing sets - all too dangerous for the children.
Dreadsox said:Thanks to the litigious nature of the USA.
nbcrusader said:
When we started seeking fairness instead of justice, it became much easier for individuals to fire off lawsuits for every little life setback.
Angela Harlem said:By all means blame societal changes instead of dumbshit lawyers and equally moronic magistrates who let these frivolous claims go through the system!
Angela Harlem said:dont post the confused smilie. you know full well how the legal system works. a few idiot members of the public get a few flimsy suits through and suddenly YOUR ilk have opened the floodgates. members of the public can only do so much to sue as it takes willing lawyers, solicitors and magistrates willing to argue and hear these cases.
anitram said:
So what then makes that different from the US? Are our courts and lawyers that much more ethical or is it just that the country as a whole is less likely to prosecute for every last penny?
anitram said:I'd like to know the billing for a standard (not fiberglass even) cast because it's unfathomable to me somebody would go bankrupt over it. What the hell are they charging you over there? Here even if you want to "upgrade" to a fiberglass, it isn't covered by the health insurance and even so only costs like $30 so I'm not sure how setting a bone would add up to what, tens of thousands of dollars?
anitram said:But AH, doesn't that suggest societal change then?
Because take a country like Canada, which also operates on the common law system, and you don't have such a litigious response nor do you have the huge payoffs in the courts.
So what then makes that different from the US? Are our courts and lawyers that much more ethical or is it just that the country as a whole is less likely to prosecute for every last penny?
anitram said:I'd like to know the billing for a standard (not fiberglass even) cast because it's unfathomable to me somebody would go bankrupt over it. What the hell are they charging you over there? Here even if you want to "upgrade" to a fiberglass, it isn't covered by the health insurance and even so only costs like $30 so I'm not sure how setting a bone would add up to what, tens of thousands of dollars?
But in any case, if somebody breaks an arm on monkey bars and then goes and sues for $7 million, they are not looking to be compensated for their health care related expenses...
anitram said:The fact he had surgery is what drove the costs up then. Sad, really.
anitram said:I'd like to know the billing for a standard (not fiberglass even) cast because it's unfathomable to me somebody would go bankrupt over it. What the hell are they charging you over there? Here even if you want to "upgrade" to a fiberglass, it isn't covered by the health insurance and even so only costs like $30 so I'm not sure how setting a bone would add up to what, tens of thousands of dollars?
But in any case, if somebody breaks an arm on monkey bars and then goes and sues for $7 million, they are not looking to be compensated for their health care related expenses...
Bono's American Wife said:I can honestly see how a family with no or lesser insurance could be bankrupted if they fall behind after something like this.
JMScoopy said:these parents that will bitch about anything and everything they can are gonna fuck this country down the road.