Comments on: Reader feedback https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/reader-feedback/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:35:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/reader-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-5354 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:35:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4404#comment-5354 Flying is the safest mode of travel on a per mile basis. It is not because of the FAA or lawsuits; people will not fly on planes they believe to be dangerous. Hazardous products are filtered out by good product design and testing. Product liability suits against big companies have to be wrong by the way the market works. Ted Frank’s VIOXX paper demonstates this point beautifully.

Everybody I have ever talked to about the subject believes that one can buy a lawyer to get you out of anything. That was not true for Mrs. Stewart, who was wrongly prosecuted, nor for Mr. Skilling. OJ Simpson was found not guilty before the lawyers said anything.
I have never seen any evidence I know of no evidence to support this universal feeling.

]]> By: jb https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/reader-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-5353 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:17:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4404#comment-5353 It’s two sides of the same coin. Why is suing a big company so expensive and risky, even if you have a legitimate complaint? Because they have high-powered lawyers to defend against all the jackpot lawsuits. Why is it hard to get any kind of lawsuit? Because any rule that aims to stop frivolous lawsuits will also hinder legitimate ones. These are some of the most important, and most hidden, costs of our litigious culture.

]]> By: Amsterdamsky https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/01/reader-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-5352 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:30:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4404#comment-5352 Like the communist party the system favors members not foolish infidels that try to grow the economy and build free enterprise or otherwise do what human society should be doing and was doing before lawyers arrived on the scene not so long ago.

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